Feeding ecology and metabolism of the Antarctic cydippid ctenophore Callianira antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-126

  Scolardi, Kerri M ^a,c   Daly, Kendra L ^a   Pakhomov, Evgeny A ^b,d   Torres, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctic zooplankton; Copepod; Ctenophore; Daily ration; Digestion time; Gut contents; Krill; Overwintering

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CALANOIDA; CALLIANIRA ANTARCTICA; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); CYDIPPIDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 33747615961     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317111     Document Type: Article

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