Energetics and carbon budgets of dominant calanoid copepods in the northern Benguela upwelling system

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Schukat, Anna ^a   Teuber, Lena ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^a   Wasmund, Norbert ^b   Auel, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community consumption; Grazing pressure; Ingestion; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BODY MASS; CARBON BUDGET; DIATOM; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; INGESTION RATE; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

EID: 84874491574     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.01.024     Document Type: Article

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