Latitudinal changes of copepod egg production rates in Atlantic waters: Temperature and food availability as the main driving factors

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 181, Issue , 1999, Pages 155-162

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Agustí, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Inst Mediterraneo Estud A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Chlorophyll; Copepod; Egg production; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033580654     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps181155     Document Type: Article

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