Errors in juvenile copepod growth rate estimates are widespread: Problems with the Moult Rate method

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 296, Issue , 2005, Pages 263-279

  Hirst, A G ^a   Peterson, W T ^b   Rothery, P ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copepod; Error; Growth; Mortality; Moult; Rate; Stage duration

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 23744470810     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps296263     Document Type: Article

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