Diel periodicity of subantarctic copepods: Relationships between vertical migration, gut fullness and gut evacuation rate

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1387-1405

  Atkinson, A ^a   Ward, P ^a   Murphy, E J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; METRIDIA LUCENS; PLEUROMAMMA ROBUSTA;

EVACUATION RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; GUT EVACUATION; POLAR FRONTAL ZONE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029662788     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.8.1387     Document Type: Article

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