Effects of diet on release of dissolved organic and inorganic nutrients by the copepod Acartia tonsa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 386, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-161

  Saba, Grace K ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Bronk, Deborah A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Copepod; Diet; Excretion; Food quality; Nitrogen; Omnivory; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXCRETION; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORY; OMNIVORY; REGENERATION;

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYRODINIUM DOMINANS; OXYRRHIS MARINA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 68049120585     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08070     Document Type: Article

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