Variable food absorption by Antarctic krill: Relationships between diet, egestion rate and the composition and sinking rates of their fecal pellets

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-158

  Atkinson, A ^a   Schmidt, K ^a   Fielding, S ^a   Kawaguchi, S ^b   Geissler, P A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Antarctic krill; Assimilation efficiency; C:N ratio; Egestion; Euphausia superba; Export; Fecal pellet; Sinking; Stoichiometry; Superfluous feeding

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ANTARCTIC KRILL; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; C:N RATIO; EGESTION; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EXPORT; FECAL PELLETS; SINKING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FEEDING; FOOD PROCESSING; NUTRITION; SEAWATER; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY;

PELLETIZING;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; DRY MATTER; ENERGY BUDGET; EXCRETION; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; NITROGEN; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAWATER; STOICHIOMETRY; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 84855949611     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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