Reassessment of the gut pigment method for estimating in situ zooplankton ingestion

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 331, Issue , 2007, Pages 305-307

  Durbin, Edward G ^a   Campbell, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut pigments; Ingestion; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; INGESTION RATE; METHODOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA;

EID: 33947141402     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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