Ecological niches of Arctic deep-sea copepods: Vertical partitioning, dietary preferences and different trophic levels minimize inter-specific competition

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-756

  Laakmann, Silke ^a   Kochzius, Marc ^a   Auel, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aetideidae; Aetideopsis; Arctic Ocean; Biodiversity; Chiridius; Dietary composition; Euchaeta; Euchaetidae; Fatty acid; Fram Strait; Gaetanus; Paraeuchaeta; Pareuchaeta; Stable isotope; Trophic biomarker; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AETIDEIDAE; AETIDEOPSIS; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHIRIDIUS; DIETARY COMPOSITION; EUCHAETA; EUCHAETIDAE; FRAM STRAIT; GAETANUS; PARAEUCHAETA; PAREUCHAETA; STABLE ISOTOPES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD SUPPLY; ISOTOPES;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AETIDEIDAE; AETIDEOPSIS; CALANOIDA; CALANUS; CHIRIDIUS; COPEPODA; EUCHAETA; EUCHAETIDAE; GAETANUS; PARAEUCHAETA; PAREUCHAETA;

EID: 80052573654     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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