Rhincalanus gigas and Calanus simillimus: Lipid storage patterns of two species of copepod in the seasonally ice-free zone of the Southern Ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1439-1454

  Ward, P ^a   Shreeve, R S ^a   Cripps, G C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALANUS SIMILLIMUS; RHINCALANUS GIGAS;

EID: 0029769603     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.8.1439     Document Type: Article

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