Feeding of Clausocalanids (Calanoida, Copepoda) on naturally occurring particles in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1261-1274

  Cornils, A ^a,b   Schnack Schiel, S B ^a   Boer M ^a   Graeve, M ^a   Struck, U ^d   Al Najjar, T ^c   Richter, C ^b  

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

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c Marine Science Station   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CALANOIDA; CLAUSOCALANIDAE; CLAUSOCALANUS FARRANI; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS VANUS;

EID: 34247597776     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0569-9     Document Type: Article

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