Grazing by Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) in the south Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 330, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-11

  Perissinotto, R ^a   Mayzaud, P ^b   Nichols, P D ^c   Labat, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agulhas front; Clearance rates; Gut pigment content; Gut turnover time; Ingestion rates; Lipid content; Pelagic tunicates; Pyrosoma

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CLEARANCE RATE; COLONY; FATTY ACID; FEEDING MECHANISM; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROTOZOA; PYROSOMA; PYROSOMA ATLANTICUM; SALPIDA; STROMBIDIUM SP.; THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 33847199733     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps330001     Document Type: Article

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