Trophic interactions of chaetognaths, larval fish, and zooplankton in the South Atlantic Bight

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Baier, Christine T ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetognaths; Competition; Fish larvae; Ichthyoplankton; Predation; Sagitta; Trophodynamics; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0030621049     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146043     Document Type: Article

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