Ingestion and defecation of dispersed oil droplets by pelagic tunicates

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1058-1063

  Lee, Richard F ^a   Köster, Marion ^b   Paffenhöfer, Gustav A ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

dispersant; doliolids; ingestion; oil; pelagic tunicate

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; DEFECATION; DISPERSANT; FECAL PELLET; FILTER FEEDER; INGESTION RATE; OIL SPILL; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DOLIOLETTA GEGENBAURI; DOLIOLIDA; THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84868035009     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs065     Document Type: Article

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