Population densities, growth, and respiration of the chaetognath Parasagitta elegans in the Canadian high arctic

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-527

  Welch, Harold E ^a   Siferd, Timothy D ^a   Bruecker, Philip ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASAGITTA ELEGANS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUKROHNIA HAMATA;

DENSITY; GROWTH EFFICIENCY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, RESOLUTE;

EID: 0029662386     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-227     Document Type: Article

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