Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6636, 1997, Pages 897-900

  Loeb, V ^a   Siegel, V ^b   Holm Hansen, O ^c   Hewitt, R ^d   Fraser, W ^e   Trivelpiece, W ^e   Trivelpiece, S ^e  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC KRILL; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALP; SEA ICE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP;

ANTARCTICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SALPA; SALPA THOMPSONI; SALPIDA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030793164     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43174     Document Type: Article

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