Zooplankton feeding ecology: Does a diet of Phaeocystis support good copepod grazing, survival, egg production and egg hatching success?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1185-1195

  Turner, Jefferson T ^a   Ianora, Adrianna ^b   Esposito, Francesco ^b   Carotenuto, Ylenia ^b   Miralto, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; GRAZING; HATCHING; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CALANUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA; PHAEOCYSTIS; TEMORA; TEMORA STYLIFERA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036848925     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.11.1185     Document Type: Article

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