Zooplankton population dynamics: Measuring in situ growth and mortality rates using an Optical Plankton Counter

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 227, Issue , 2002, Pages 205-219

  Edvardsen, Are ^a   Zhou, Meng ^a   Tande, Kurt S ^a   Zhu, Yiwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass spectrum; Individual growth rate; Mortality rate; Optical Plankton Counter; Population dynamics; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS;

EID: 0037070105     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps227205     Document Type: Article

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