Reproductive strategies and energetic adaptations of polar zooplankton

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Hagen, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; Energetics; Lipids; Reproduction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032875991     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652674     Document Type: Article

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