Estimating juvenile copepod growth rates: Corrections, inter-comparisons and recommendations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 336, Issue , 2007, Pages 187-202

  Kimmerer, W J ^a   Hirst, A G ^b   Hopcroft, R R ^c   McKinnon, A D ^d  

^a Romberg Tiburon Center   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copepoda; Growth rate; Methods; Molt rate

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION; JUVENILE; MOLT;

COPEPODA;

EID: 34249946795     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps336187     Document Type: Article

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