Feeding by the euphausiid Euphausia pacifica and the copepod Calanus pacificus on marine snow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 189-201

  Billing, Lisa ^a,c   Wilson, Jacqueline ^a,d   Steinberg, Deborah ^b   Alldredge, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE 01   (Bermuda)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus pacificus; Euphausia pacifica; Grazing; Marine snow

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; INGESTION RATE; MARINE SNOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS PACIFICUS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032480225     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170189     Document Type: Article

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