Moulting and growth of the early stages of two species of Antarctic calanoid copepod in relation to differences in food supply

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 175, Issue , 1998, Pages 109-119

  Shreeve, Rachael S ^a   Ward, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calanoides acutus; Growth; Moulting rates; Production; Rhincalanus gigas; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH; MOLT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDES ACUTUS; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RHINCALANUS GIGAS;

EID: 0032542233     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps175109     Document Type: Article

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