Feeding and egg production of the planktonic copepod Calanus sinicus in spring and autumn in the Yellow Sea, China

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-734

  Huo, Yuan Zi ^a,b   Wang, Shi Wei ^a,b   Sun, Song ^a   Li, Chao Lun ^a   Liu, Meng Tan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DOMINANCE; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INGESTION RATE; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

CALANUS SINICUS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA;

EID: 44649171808     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn034     Document Type: Article

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