Biochemically based modeling study of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba growth and development

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-161

  Fach, Bettina A ^a,b   Meyer, Bettina ^a   Wolf Gladrow, Dieter ^a   Bathmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Biochemical; Food quality; Growth model; Overwinter strategies

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARNIVORY; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 46949098936     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07366     Document Type: Article

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