Seasonal variability in abundance, respiration and lipid composition of Arctic under-ice amphipods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 292, Issue , 2005, Pages 251-262

  Werner, Iris ^a   Auel, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apherusa glacialis; Arctic foodweb; Cryo pelagic coupling; Gammarus wilkitzkii; Onisimus glacialis; Onisimus nanseni; Overwintering strategies; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; PACK ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA GLACIALIS; COPEPODA; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII; METAZOA; ONISIMUS GLACIALIS; ONISIMUS NANSENI;

EID: 20444479858     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps292251     Document Type: Article

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