Early reproduction by Calanus glacialis in the Northern Bering Sea: The role of ice algae as revealed by molecular analysis

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 523-541

  Durbin, Edward G ^a   Casas, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg production; Ingestion rate; PNA; QPCR

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; ICE ALGA; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84898005227     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt121     Document Type: Article

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