Grazing impact of salp (Tunicata, Thaliacea) assemblages in the eastern tropical North Pacific

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-804

  Hereu, Clara Mariá ^a,b   Lavaniegos, Bertha Eugenia ^b,c   Goericke, Ralf ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern tropical North Pacific; ETNP; Gut pigment content; Mexico; Salp distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; FILTER FEEDER; GRAZING PRESSURE; INVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CYCLOSALPA; PEGEA CONFEDERATA; SALPIDA; THALIA (UROCHORDATA); THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 78650869599     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq005     Document Type: Article

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