Direct observations of a dense occurrence of Bolinopsis infundibulum (Ctenophora) near the seafloor under the Oyashio and notes on their feeding behavior

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 809-813

  Toyokawa, M ^a   Toda, T ^b   Kikuchi, T ^c   Miyake, H ^d   Hashimoto, J ^d,e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daily ration; Gelatinous zooplankton; Neocalanus cristatus; SHINKAI 2000; Stable isotope ratio; Subarctic Pacific; Submersible

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

WATER COLUMN;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KUSHIRO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AETIDEIDAE; BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); EUCALANUS BUNGII; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; NEOCALANUS FLEMINGERI; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS;

EID: 0242276283     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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