Feeding, respiration and life history of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in the Arctic marginal ice zone of the Greenland Sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-197

  Auel, Holger ^a   Werner, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Arctic zooplankton; Feeding; Gammarus wilkitzkii; Life cycle; Predation impact; Respiration; Themisto libellula; Trophodynamics

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; RESPIRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

FRAM STRAIT;

AMPHIPODA; CALANUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII; LIBELLULA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 0142052856     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00321-6     Document Type: Article

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