Seasonal abundance and feeding patterns of copepods Temora longicornis, Centropages hamatus and Acartia spp. in the White Sea (66°N)

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1175-1195

  Martynova, Daria M ^a   Kazus, Natalia A ^b   Bathmann, Ulrich V ^c   Graeve, Martin ^c   Sukhotin, Alexey A ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Acartia; Centropages; Feeding; Population dynamics; Temora; The White Sea; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; WHITE SEA;

ACARTIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CENTROPAGES; CENTROPAGES HAMATUS; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; TEMORA; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 79960448227     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-0980-7     Document Type: Article

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