Digestion of diatoms by planktonic copepods and doliolids

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 303-310

  Paffenhofer G A ^a   Koster M ^a,b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copepods; Diatoms; Digestion; Doliolids

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; DIATOM; DIGESTION; FECAL PELLET; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DOLIOLETTA GEGENBAURI; DOLIOLIDA; EUCALANUS HYALINUS; PROBOSCIA ALATA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 24044448979     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297303     Document Type: Article

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