Association of the copepod Macrosetella gracilis with the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. in the North Pacific Gyre

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 205-212

  Eberl, Renate ^a,b   Carpenter, Edward J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod feeding; Floating substrate; Life history; Macrosetella gracilis; Oligotrophic oceans; Stable isotopes; Trichodesmium; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMENSALISM; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; FEEDING; IMMUNITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; TOXIN;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; HARPACTICOIDA; MACROSETELLA GRACILIS; MIRACIA EFFERATA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 34247160856     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333205     Document Type: Article

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