Marine snow, zooplankton and thin layers: Indications of a trophic link from small-scale sampling with the Video Plankton Recorder

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 468, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-69

  Möller, Klas O ^a   John, Michael St ^a,b   Temming, Axel ^a   Floeter, Jens ^a   Sell, Anne F ^c   Herrmann, Jens Peter ^a   Möllmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Marine snow; Small scale distribution; Thin layer; Trophic interactions; Video Plankton Recorder; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATE; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA;

EID: 84869173095     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09984     Document Type: Article

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