Adult female harpacticoid copepods maintain their energy reserves by feeding while suspended during storms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 245-252

  Suderman, Keith ^a   Thistle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Harpacticoida; Meiofauna; Storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032499110     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps164245     Document Type: Article

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