Energetics and feeding dynamics of euphausia superba in the South Georgia region during the summer of 1994

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-423

  Pakhomov, E A ^a   Perissinotto, R ^a,b   Froneman, P W ^a   Miller, D G M ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

ANTARCTIC KRILL; BIOENERGETICS; CARBON FLUX; ENERGETICS; FEEDING; GRAZING; PIGMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 0030617904     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.4.399     Document Type: Article

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