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Trophic ecology of planktonic gelatinous predators in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia: diets and prey selection
| Title: | Trophic ecology of planktonic gelatinous predators in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia: diets and prey selection. |
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| Name(s): |
Larson, R. J., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1987 | |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |
| Extent: | 11 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3355140 (digitool), FADT3355140 (IID), fau:6668 (fedora), 10.1093/plankt/9.5.811 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The diets of most of the gelatinous predators (medusae and ctenophores) in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia (0–25 m) were dominated during the spring by eggs of Euphausia pacifica which formed ~60% of the total prey consumed by number and ~75% by biomass. Copepods ranked second, contributing ~15% of the prey biomass. Barnacle larvae ranked third, with Oikopleura dioica, copepod nauplii, and decapod larvae of minor importance. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Plankton Research, http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/, and may be cited as: Larson, R. J. (1987). Trophic ecology of planktonic gelatinous predators in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia: diets and prey selection. Journal of Plankton Research, 9(5), 811-820. doi:10.1093/plankt/9.5.811 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #590. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ctenophores Medusae Jellyfishes Saanich Peninsula (B.C.) Food chains (Ecology) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3355140 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/9.5.811 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Oxford University Press | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
