Sampling and analysis of gut contents in relation to environmental variability and diel vertical migration by herbivorous zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1535-1556

  Moloney, Coleen L ^a,c   Gibbons, Mark J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; HERBIVORES; INGESTION; METHOD EVALUATION; SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0029664203     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.9.1535     Document Type: Article

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