Increased Feeding and Nutrient Excretion of Adult Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, Exposed to Enhanced Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Saba, Grace K ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^a   Torres, Joseph J ^b   Ombres, Erica H ^b   Steinberg, Deborah K ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EXCRETION; FEEDING; GRAZING; INGESTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUPHAUSIACEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 84871585998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052224     Document Type: Article

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