Can predator avoidance explain varying overwintering depth of Calanus in different oceanic water masses?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 113-121

  Dale, Trine ^a   Bagøien, Espen ^a   Melle, Webjørn ^b   Kaartvedt, Stein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic scattering layers; Calanus; Invertebrate predators; Mesopelagic fish; Overwintering; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HYDROGRAPHY; OVERWINTERING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CHAETOGNATHA; CHIRIDIUS; COPEPODA; EUCHAETA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0033560649     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179113     Document Type: Article

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