Dividing mesozooplankton into upper and lower size groups: Applications to the grazing impact in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 20-21, 2008, Pages 2245-2256

  Pasternak, Anna ^a   Arashkevich, Elena ^a   Reigstad, Marit ^b   Wassmann, Paul ^b   Falk Petersen, Stig ^c  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abundance; Barents Sea; Biomass; Grazing; Size groups; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ABUNDANCE; BARENTS SEA; GRAZING; SIZE GROUPS; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; GRAZING PRESSURE; LARVA; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; OITHONA;

EID: 56949091981     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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