The role of feeding behavior in sustaining copepod populations in the tropical ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1013-1031

  Wiggert, J D ^a   Haskell, A G E ^b   Paffenhofer G A ^c   Hofmann, E E ^a   Klinck, J M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ITT Visual Information Solutions   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLAUSOCALANUS FURCATUS; COPEPODA; OITHONA PLUMIFERA; PARACALANUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 29144480708     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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