Diel vertical migration behaviour in Euphausiids of the northern Benguela current: Seasonal adaptations to food availability and strong gradients of temperature and oxygen

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-812

  Werner, Thorsten ^a   Buchholz, Friedrich ^a  

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

Author keywords

carbon demand; krill; oxygen minimum zone; physiological constraints; vertical migration model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIMITING FACTOR; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

EID: 84880390899     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt030     Document Type: Article

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