Variability in the nutritional value of the major copepods in Cape Cod Bay (Massachusetts, USA) with implications for right whales

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-123

  DeLorenzo Costa, Amy ^a   Durbin, Edward G ^b   Mayo, Charles A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Eubalaena glacialis; Nutrition; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CAPE COD BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745635332     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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