Turbulence and feeding behaviour affect the vertical distributions of Oithona similis and Microsetella norwegica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-172

  Maar, M ^a   Visser, A W ^a   Nielsen, T G ^b   Stips, A ^c   Saito, H ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding; Microsetella; Oithona; Turbulence; Vertical distributions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AUTUMN; CARBON CYCLE; CRUSTACEAN; DISSIPATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPRING (SEASON); TURBULENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33745621324     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313157     Document Type: Article

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