Detection of zooplankton items in the stomach and gut content of larval krill, Euphausia superba, using a molecular approach

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-414

  Töbe, Kerstin ^a   Meyer, Bettina ^a   Fuentes, Veronica ^b  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copepod prey; Krill larvae; PCR; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA ICE; SPECIALIST; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAZAREV SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALANOIDES ACUTUS; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS CITER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; METRIDIA GERLACHEI; OITHONA;

EID: 77950463872     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0714-2     Document Type: Article

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