Response of small copepods to an iron-induced phytoplankton bloom: A model to address the mechanisms of aggregation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 374, Issue , 2009, Pages 181-198

  Kragefsky S ^a   Bathmann, U ^a   Strass, V ^a   Wolf Gladrow, D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Copepod aggregation; Food finding strategy; Iron fertilisation; Oceanic flow field; Oithona spp; Southern ocean; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDUCED RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; OITHONA; OITHONA SIMILIS;

EID: 60049085284     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07761     Document Type: Article

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