Calanus spp. grazing affects egg production and vertical carbon flux (the marginal ice zone and open Barents sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 147-164

  Pasternak, Anna ^a   Riser, Christian Wexels ^b   Arashkevich, Elena ^a   Rat'kova, Tatjana ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Calanus finmarchicus; Calanus glacialis; Calanus hyperboreus; Egg production; Faecal pellets; Feeding activity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; FLUXES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTS;

GRAZING EFFECTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CARBON FLUX; EGG PRODUCTION; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING; ZOOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 2242430779     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00174-4     Document Type: Article

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