Seasonal changes in digestive enzyme (trypsin) activity of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1331-1341

  Lischka, Silke ^a   Giménez, Luis ^b,c   Hagen, Wilhelm ^d   Ueberschär, Bernd ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRITION; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; OITHONA SIMILIS; PSEUDOCALANUS MINUTUS;

EID: 34547843523     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0294-y     Document Type: Article

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