Oithona similis in a high latitude ecosystem: Abundance, distribution and temperature limitation of fecundity rates in a sac spawning copepod

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1099-1110

  Ward, P ^a   Hirst, A G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD LIMITATION; LATITUDE; MORTALITY; PLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

COPEPODA; OITHONA SIMILIS;

EID: 34248151110     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0548-1     Document Type: Article

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