Variation of chitobiase-based estimates of crustacean zooplankton production rates in high latitude waters

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-61

  Sastri, Akash R ^a   Nelson, R John ^b,c   Varela, Diana E ^c   Young, Kelly V ^b   Wrohan, Ian ^c   Williams, William J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitobiase; Copepods; Marine food webs; Productivity; Subarctic Pacific; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHITIN; CRUSTACEAN; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHUKCHI SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84856989443     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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