Light-induced changes on the feeding behaviour of the calanoid copepod Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883): Evidence from a mesocosm study

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1233-1246

  Isari, Stamatina ^a,b   Zervoudaki, Soultana ^b   Calbet, Albert ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a   Ptacnikova, Radka ^c,f   Nejstgaard, Jens C ^d,g   Sousoni, Despoina ^b,e   Berger, Stella A ^d,g   Ptacnik, Robert ^c,f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clausocalanus furcatus; copepods; eastern mediterranean; feeding; light; selection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; INGESTION RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; MICROPLANKTON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CALANOIDA; CLAUSOCALANUS FURCATUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 84908297816     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu054     Document Type: Article

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