Mass mortality of krill caused by parasitoid ciliates

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5631, 2003, Pages 339-

  Gómez Gutiérrez, Jaime ^a,b   Peterson, William T ^c   De Robertis, Alex ^c   Brodeur, Richard D ^c  

^a Ctro Interdisciplinario Cie M   (Mexico)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; MASS MORTALITY; PARASITOID; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; EUPHAUSIACEA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

CILIOPHORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0038638499     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085164     Document Type: Article

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