Copepod feeding and digestion rates using prey DNA and qPCR

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-82

  Durbin, Edward G ^a   Casas, Maria C ^a   Rynearson, Tatiana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Heterocapsa triquetra; Thalassiosira weissflogii

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DIGESTION; DINOFLAGELLATE; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84055217050     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr082     Document Type: Article

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