Metabolic rate and food availability of the Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica (Chevreux 1906): Seasonal variation in allometric scaling and temperature dependence

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-424

  Doyle, Santiago R ^a,b,c   Momo, Fernando R ^a,c   Brêthes, J Claude ^d   Ferreyra, Gustavo A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Epontic algae; Food availability; Microphytobenthos; Seasonal metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LOGISTICS; METABOLISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; GONDOGENEIA ANTARCTICA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856096441     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1089-8     Document Type: Article

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