Copepods attain high abundance, biomass and production in the absence of large predators but suffer cannibalistic loss

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 495-501

  Uye, Shin Ichi ^a   Liang, Dong ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cannibalism; Copepoda; Eutrophic inlet; Production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CANNIBALISM; PREDATION; PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAPAN, SETO INLAND SEA, FUKUYAMA HARBOUR;

ACARTIA OMORII; BOLINOPSIS MIKADO; CENTROPAGES ABDOMINALIS; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA; OITHONA DAVISAE; PARACALANUS;

EID: 0032103441     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(97)00052-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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