The fate of discarded appendicularian houses: Degradation by the copepod, Microsetella norvegica, and other agents

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 641-654

  Koski, Marja ^a   Møller, Eva F ^a,b   Maar, Marie ^a,c   Visser, Andre W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEGRADATION; GRAZING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSETELLA NORVEGICA;

EID: 34548461221     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm046     Document Type: Article

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