Feeding conditions of Arcto-norwegian cod larvae compared with the Rothschild-Osborn theory on small-scale turbulence and plankton contact rates

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Sundby, S., Fossum, P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: Articles; Lofoten; Norway; Osborn; Rothschild; Calanus finmarchicus; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/12/6/1153; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/12.6.1153

Data on first-feeding Arcto-norwegian cod larvae in Lofoten, northern Norway, sampled during the period 1976–84, are examined to verify the theory on the influence of small-scale turbulence on the contact rate between predator and prey [Rothschild and Osborn (1988) J. Plankton Res ., 10 , 465–474]....