Morphology and sinking velocities of fecal pellets of copepod, molluscan, euphausiid, and salp taxa in the northeastern tropical Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 923-928

  Yoon, W ^a   Kim, S ^b   Han, K ^c  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Seokyeong University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECAL PELLET; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

CARINARIA; CLIO; COPEPODA; CYCLOSALPA AFFINIS; EUPHAUSIACEA; IASIS ZONARIA; MOLLUSCA; PTEROPODA; SALPA; SALPA FUSIFORMIS; SALPIDA; THALIACEA;

EID: 0035651273     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100630     Document Type: Article

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