Stable isotopic compositions of overwintering copepods in the arctic and subarctic waters and implications to the feeding history

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 165-174

  Sato, Megumi ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuchi, Mitsuo ^b  

^a ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copepods; Feeding history; Lipids; Polar Seas; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; WATER;

ENRICHMENT FACTORS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FEEDING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OVERWINTERING; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; COPEPODA; METRIDIA LONGA;

EID: 0036890755     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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