Seasonal variability in copepod ingestion and egg production on the Faroe shelf

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 247-265

  Debes, Høgni ^a   Eliasen, Kirstin ^a   Gaard, Eilif ^a  

^a Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Copepods; Egg production; Faroe shelf; Gonad maturity; Gut fluorescence; Ingestion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DIATOMS; EGG PRODUCTION; FAROE SHELF; GONAD MATURITY; INGESTION RATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; EGG PRODUCTION; HERBIVORE; INGESTION RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE SHELF;

ACARTIA LONGIREMIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PSEUDOCALANUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 40549123035     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9238-3     Document Type: Article

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