Egg production and associated losses of carbon, nitrogen and fatty acids from maternal biomass in Calanus finmarchicus before the spring bloom

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-510

  Mayor, Daniel J ^a   Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Pond, David W ^b   Irigoien, Xabier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body reserves; Calanus finmarchicus; Egg production; Fatty acids; Feeding experiments; North Atlantic; Semelparity

Indexed keywords

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING EXPERIMENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC;

ACIDS; BLOOMS (METAL); EXPERIMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING; METABOLISM;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; FAT RESERVE; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEMELPARITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS;

EID: 70449710929     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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