Fate of copepod faecal pellets and the role of Oithona spp.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 304, Issue , 2005, Pages 265-270

  Reigstad, Marit ^a   Wexels Riser, Christian ^a   Svensen, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Coprophagy; Faecal pellet; Faecal pellet fragmentation; Faecal pellet retention; Oithona

Indexed keywords

COPROPHAGY; FECAL PELLET; FRAGMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; OITHONA;

EID: 30744444959     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps304265     Document Type: Article

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