Feeding impacts of ontogenetically migrating copepods on the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 1703-1714

  Kobari, T ^a   Inoue, Y ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Okamura, H ^a   Ota, T ^b   Nishibe, Y ^c   Ichinomiya, M ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copepod feeding habit; Gut fluorescence; Ontogenetically migrating copepods; Oyashio; Phytoplankton bloom; Trophic cascading

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CLEARANCE RATES; COPEPOD FEEDING HABIT; COPEPODITES; EARLY-TO-LATE; FEEDING EXPERIMENTS; FEEDING HABITS; FOOD WEBS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TROPHIC CASCADES; WATER MASS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; ONTOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATER MASS;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUCALANUS BUNGII; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; NEOCALANUS FLEMINGERI; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 77954623888     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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