Subantarctic copepods in an oceanic, low chlorophyll environment: Ciliate predation, food selectivity and impact on prey populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 85-96

  Atkinson, A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ciliates; Copepods; Selective feeding; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CILIATE; COPEPOD; FOOD SELECTION; LOW CHLOROPHYLL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SELECTIVE FEEDING; SUBANTARCTIC;

COPEPODA; OITHONA SIMILIS; PLEUROMAMMA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0029668999     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130085     Document Type: Article

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