Composition, biomass and potential grazing impact of the crustacean and pelagic tunicates in the northern Humboldt Current area off Chile: Differences between El Nino and non-El Nino years

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2000, Pages 201-220

  González, Humberto E ^a   Sobarzo, Marcus ^b   Figueroa, Dante ^b   Nöthig, Eva Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antofagasta; Chile; ENSO event; Ingestion rate; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; GRAZING;

HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; SALPA FUSIFORMIS; SALPIDA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0034737347     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps195201     Document Type: Article

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