Life in a warming ocean: Thermal thresholds and metabolic balance of arctic zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-10

  Alcaraz, Miquel ^a   Felipe, Jorge ^a   Grote, Ulrike ^b   Arashkevich, Elena ^c   Nikishina, Anastasia ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calanus glacialis; global warming; ingestion; metabolic balance; respiration; temperature response

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; INGESTION RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84892695005     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt111     Document Type: Article

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