How does salinity influence the swimming speed of the estuarine calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1223-1225

  Seuront, Laurent ^a,b,c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c USA   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD LIMITATION; SALINITY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; SYNERGISM; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 77956013245     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq040     Document Type: Article

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