A model of chlorophyll a destruction by Calanus spp. and implications for the estimation of ingestion rates using the gut fluorescence method

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 1998, Pages 187-198

  Stevens, C J ^a,c   Head, E J H ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a destruction; Copepod grazing; Feeding history; Michaelis Menten kinetics

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; INGESTION RATE; MODEL;

CALANUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0032192017     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps171187     Document Type: Article

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