Comparative population structure, abundance and vertical distribution of six copepod species in the North Atlantic: Evidence for intraguild predation?

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-290

  Irigoien, Xabier ^a   Harris, Roger P ^b  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acartia sp.; Euchaeta norvegica; Intraguild predation; Metridia lucens; Oithona sp.; Oncaea sp.; Pleuromamma robusta; Population structure; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FECAL PELLET; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACARTIA; ALGAE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; EUCHAETA NORVEGICA; METRIDIA LUCENS; OITHONA; ONCAEA; PLEUROMAMMA ROBUSTA;

EID: 33748470278     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000600865321     Document Type: Article

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