Development, growth, and reproduction of the cyclopoid copepod Limnoithona tetraspina in the upper San Francisco Estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 163-177

  Gould, Alison L ^a   Kimmerer, Wim J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Egg production; Estuary; Limnoithona tetraspina; Low salinity zone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FECUNDITY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALINITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; LIMNOITHONA; OITHONA;

EID: 77955939762     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08650     Document Type: Article

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