The tunicate Salpa thompsoni ecology in the Southern Ocean. I. Distribution, biomass, demography and feeding ecophysiology

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 609-623

  Pakhomov, E A ^a,b,c   Dubischar, C D ^b   Strass, V ^b   Brichta, M ^b   Bathmann, U V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METAZOAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

SALPA THOMPSONI; SALPIDA; SUS SCROFA; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 33745216751     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0225-9     Document Type: Article

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