Effects of predation and oxygen deficiency on different age classes of the amphipod Monoporeia affinis

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Sandberg, E ^a   Bonsdorff, E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Monoporeia affinis; oxygen deficiency; Saduria entomon; size dependent predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ISOPODA; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; SADURIA ENTOMON;

OXYGEN; WATER;

BIOMASS; HYPOXIA; NORMOXIA; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; PREDATION; SIZE-SELECTIVE PREDATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ADULT; AMPHIPODA; BIOMASS; CLASSIS; FEEDING; HYPOXIA; ISOPODA; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREY;

EID: 0030304839     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(96)90761-3     Document Type: Article

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