Feeding and production of zooplankton in the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 313-328

  Saiz, Enric ^a   Calbet, Albert ^a   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Alcaraz, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan Sea; Cladoceran; Copepod; Egg production; Feeding; Growth; NW Mediterranean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FISH; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLADOCERAN; COPEPOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 34547550543     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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