Use of neutral red in short-term sediment traps to distinguish between zooplankton swimmers and carcasses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 505, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-117

  Ivory, Jami A ^a   Tang, Kam W ^a,b   Takahashi, Kazutaka ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Neutral Red; Particle flux; Sediment traps; Swimmers

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DYE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; OTSUCHI BAY; TOHOKU;

EID: 84901684437     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10775     Document Type: Article

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