Zooplankton growth rates: The influence of size and resources in tropical marine copepodites

Marine Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-77

  Hopcroft, R R ^a,c   Roff, J C ^a   Webber, M K ^b   Witt, J D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAMAICA;

ACARTIA; CENTROPAGES; COPEPODA; CORYCAEUS; OITHONA; PARACALANUS; PARVOCALANUS; TEMORA;

EID: 0031724481     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050372     Document Type: Article

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