Food utilization of two pelagic crustaceans in the Greenland Sea: Meganyctiphanes norvegica (Euphausiacea) and hymenodora glacialis (Decapoda, Caridea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 105-115

  Kreibich, Tobias ^a,b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^a   Saborowski, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Feeding; Life strategies; Lipids; Proteinases; Trophic markers

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FOOD INTAKE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANIDAE; CARIDEA; CARIDEAN; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYMENODORA GLACIALIS; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 77957335249     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08699     Document Type: Article

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