Copepoda - Cladocera - Tunicata: The role of three major mesozooplankton groups in pelagic food webs

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-174

  Sommer, Ulrich ^a   Stibor, Herwig ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Copepods; Food web; Mesozooplankton; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0038275883     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00476.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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