Feeding of Themisto libellula (Amphipoda Crustacea) on natural copepods assemblages in an Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard)

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1559-1570

  Noyon, Margaux ^a,b   Gasparini, Stéphane ^a,b   Mayzaud, Patrick ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Arctic; Feeding experiment; Ingestion rate; Kongsfjorden; Themisto libellula; Trophic selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIPOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INGESTION RATE; PATCHINESS; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMPHIPODA; CALANUS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; OITHONA SIMILIS; PSEUDOCALANUS; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 70350576505     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0655-9     Document Type: Article

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