Vertical distribution patterns of pelagic copepods as viewed from the predation pressure hypothesis

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 475-485

  Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a   Watanabe, Yuji ^b   Ishizaka, Joji ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bathypelagic; Diel vertical migration; Mesopelagic; Oceanic; Ontogenetic vertical migration

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; EUCALANUS BUNGII; GAETANUS; GAETANUS SIMPLEX; GAIDIUS; GAIDIUS VARIABILIS; METRIDIA ASYMMETRICA; METRIDIA CURTICAUDA; METRIDIA OKHOTENSIS; METRIDIA PACIFICA; NEOCALANUS; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; NEOCALANUS FLEMINGERI; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS; OXYSTOMINA; PARAEUCHAETA; PLEUROMAMMA; PLEUROMAMMA SCUTULLATA;

EID: 4143137567     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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