Modeling larval Calanus finmarchicus on Georges Bank: Time-varying mortality rates and a cannibalism hypothesis

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-160

  Neuheimer, A B ^a   Gentleman, W C ^a   Galloway, C L ^a   Johnson, C L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Copepod population dynamics; Larval mortality; Nauplii; Stage based model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS; CANNIBALISM; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; MELANOGRAMMUS;

EID: 65549101734     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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