Natural diets of vertically migrating zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-99

  Schnetzer, A ^a,b   Steinberg, D K ^a,c  

^a Ferry Reach GE 01   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOGNATHA; CNIDARIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUCHIRELLA MESSINENSIS; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; NITZSCHIA; PLEUROMAMMA XIPHIAS; PROTOZOA; THYSANOPODA AEQUALIS; XIPHIAS;

EID: 0036938944     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0815-8     Document Type: Article

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