Is the copepod egg production in a highly turbid estuary (the Gironde, France) a function of the biochemical composition of seston?

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-175

  Burdloff, Didier ^a   Gasparini, Stephane ^c   Sautour, Benoit ^b   Etcheber, Henri ^a   Castel, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Station Marine de Wimereux (LOG)   (France)

Author keywords

Eurytemora affinis; Fecundity; High turbidity zone; Nutritional quality; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; ESTUARY; FEEDING; FRANCE; NUTRITION; PRODUCTION RATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EGG PRODUCTION; SESTON; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

FRANCE;

COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 0033856950     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009903702667     Document Type: Article

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