Grazing by the calanoid copepod Neocalanus cristatus on the microbial food web in the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 647-662

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Dagg, Michael J ^a   Strom, Suzanne ^b  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF ALASKA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 24344503061     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi039     Document Type: Article

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