Temperature, food and the seasonal vertical migration of key arctic copepods in the thermally stratified Amundsen Gulf (Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean) GE

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1092-1108

  Darnis, Gérald ^a   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Copepods; Food; Seasonal vertical migration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; OMNIVORY; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84904312415     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu035     Document Type: Article

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