Detection of zooplankton items in the stomach and gut content of larval krill, Euphausia superba, using a molecular approach

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Töbe, Kerstin, Meyer, Bettina, Fuentes, Veronica
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Krill larvae; Copepod prey; PCR; Quantitative PCR; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Southern Ocean; Euphausia superba; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/20272; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0714-2

8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table The usefulness of a molecular approach based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was investigated to identify and quantify the feeding of larval krill on zooplankton organisms in the Lazarev Sea during winter in 2006. Different primers and probes of dominant copepod specie...