Pigment ingestion and egg production rates of the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis: Implications for gut pigment loss and omnivorous feeding

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 855-861

  Peterson, William T ^a   Dam, Hans G ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 0029769621     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.5.855     Document Type: Article

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