Feeding of Ctenocalanus citer in the eastern Weddell Sea: Low in summer and spring, high in autumn and winter

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Pasternak, Anna F ^a   Schnack Schiel, Sigrid B ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic copepods; Diet; Life cycle; Phytoplankton bloom; Seasonal feeding activity; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS CITER;

EID: 33846898041     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0208-4     Document Type: Article

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