Importance and nutritional value of large ciliates for the reproduction of Acartia clausi during the post spring-bloom period in the North Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-277

  Dutz, Jörg ^a,c   Peters, Janna ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acartia clausi; Biochemical composition; Ciliates; Egg production; Feeding; Laboea strobila; North Sea; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA CLAUSII; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; LABOEA STROBILA;

EID: 42549105909     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01168     Document Type: Article

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