Grazing rates of a calanoid copepod (Paralabidocera antarctica) in a continental Antarctic lake

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Swadling, Kerrie M ^a   Gibson, John A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; INGESTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRACER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE;

ACE LAKE; ANTARCTICA; VESTFOLD HILLS;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; PARALABIDOCERA; PARALABIDOCERA ANTARCTICA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0034028341     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050449     Document Type: Article

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