Metabolism and biomass vertical distribution of zooplankton in the Bransfield Strait during the austral summer of 2000

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Yebra, Lidia ^a   Hernández León, Santiago ^b   Almeida, Carlos ^b   Bécognée, Pierrick ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AARS; Antarctic Peninsula; Biomass; ETS; Metabolism; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION; SUMMER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; METRIDIA GERLACHEI;

EID: 77954364605     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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