Grazing by the calanoid copepod Neocalanus cristatus on the microbial food web in the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Neocalanus cristatus feeding on phytoplankton and microzooplankton was measured in the coastal Gulf of Alaska during spring and early summer of 2001 and 2003. Neocalanus cristatus CV fed primarily on particles >20 μm. Particles in the 5- to 20-μm size range were ingested in some experiments under...

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