Copepod herbivory rate in a large arctic polynya and its relationship to seasonal and spatial variation in copepod and phytoplankton biomass

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 261, Issue , 2003, Pages 183-199

  Saunders, P A ^a,c   Deibel, D ^a   Stevens, C J ^a   Rivkin, R B ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Klein, B ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Copepod; Herbivory; Plankton food web; Polynya; Seasonal variation; Size structure; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; COPEPODA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0242540496     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps261183     Document Type: Article

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