Copepod egg production during highly productive late spring conditions: Importance of freshly ingested food and lipid storage

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 171-186

  Ceballos, Sara ^a   Viesca, Leticia ^a   Álvarez Marqués, Florentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calanoides carinatus; Calanus helgolandicus; Copepods; Egg production; Herbivorous feeding; Late spring; Lipid storage; SW Bay of Biscay

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD; LIPID; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPRING (SEASON);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CALANOIDES CARINATUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 33747613326     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317171     Document Type: Article

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