Feeding in Arctic darkness: Mid-winter diet of the pelagic amphipods Themisto abyssorum and T. libellula

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-248

  Kraft, Angelina ^a   Berge, Jørgen ^b,d   Varpe, Øystein ^c,e   Falk Petersen, Stig ^c,d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; DARK; DIET; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; PREY LOCATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMPHIPODA; CALANOIDA; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; HYPERIIDAE; THEMISTO; THEMISTO ABYSSORUM; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84871923608     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2065-8     Document Type: Article

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