Characterization of the pelagic ecosystem in surface waters of the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in early summer: The larval redfish-Calanus-microplankton interaction

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-37

  Runge, Jeffrey A ^a   De Lafontaine, Yves ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Egg production; Gulf of St Lawrence; Redfish larvae; Trophic interactions; Zooplankton fish linkage

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SEBASTES; SEBASTES SPP.;

COPOPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; FISH LARVA; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; REDFISH; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA, GULF OF ST LAWRENCE; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

EID: 0029668458     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1996.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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