Oxygen consumption rates of fecal pellets produced by three coastal copepod species fed with a diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1005-1009

  Shek, Loklun ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Copepods; Fecal pellet production rate; Hong Kong coastal waters; Oxygen consumption rate

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; COPEPOD SPECIES; FECAL PELLETS; HONG-KONG; IN-SITU; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; PELLET SIZE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

OXYGEN; PELLETIZING;

ORE PELLETS;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DEGRADATION; DIATOM; FECAL PELLET; HYPOXIA; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA SPINICAUDA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTROPAGES ORSINII; COASTAL WATERS; COPEPOD; DEGRADATION; DIATOM; HONG KONG; HYPOXIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARACALANUS; SALINITY; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; DIATOMS; DIET; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MARINE BIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ACARTIA SPINICAUDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CENTROPAGES ORSINII; COPEPODA; PARACALANUS; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

SEA WATER;

EID: 77954032596     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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