Growth and lipid class composition of the Arctic pelagic amphipod Themisto libellula

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 883-892

  Noyon, Margaux ^a,b,d   Narcy, Fanny ^a,b,c   Gasparini, Stéphane ^a,b   Mayzaud, Patrick ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; ENERGY FLUX; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; NORDAUSTLANDET; RIJPFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 79952993418     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1615-1     Document Type: Article

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