Krill feeding on sediment in the Gulf of Maine (North Atlantic)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-172

  Cleary, Alison C ^a   Durbin, Edward G ^a   Rynearson, Tatiana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Benthic pelagic coupling; Gut contents; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; PNA PCR

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CARBON CYCLE; FISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEABIRD; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; SALPIDA;

EID: 84861887082     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09632     Document Type: Article

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