Productivity and grazing impact of Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata, Appendicularia) in Tokyo Bay

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-309

  Sato, Riki ^a,b   Ishibashi, Yukiko ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Ishimaru, Takashi ^a   Dagg, Michael J ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE; JELLYFISH; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

COPEPODA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; SCYPHOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 52449100901     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn001     Document Type: Article

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