Marine Ecology Progress Series
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(1984) Vol. 27 - Table of contents
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RESEARCH ARTICLEDiel periodicity of spawning in sciaenids DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027001RESEARCH ARTICLEDiel variations in bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, and related parameters in the Southern California Bight DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027009RESEARCH ARTICLEAn in vivo fluorescence method for the continuous in situ estimation of phytoplankton photosynthetic characteristics DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027021RESEARCH ARTICLEFluorescence induction of chlorophyll a in the Sargasso Sea and on the Grand Banks: correlation with photosynthetic capacity DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027029RESEARCH ARTICLETime course of uptake of inorganic and organic nitrogen by phytoplankton in the Strait of Georgia: comparison of frontal and stratified communities DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027039RESEARCH ARTICLEThe feeding response of a marine planktonic copepod to quantity and quality of particles DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027055RESEARCH ARTICLEZooplankton feeding ecology: contents of fecal pellets of the appendicularian Oikopleura vanhoeffeni DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027067RESEARCH ARTICLEUltrastructure of the mucous feeding filter of the house of the appendicularian Oikopleura vanhoeffeni DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027079RESEARCH ARTICLEPhosphorus metabolism in planktonic communities of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027087RESEARCH ARTICLEStructure of the deep demersal fish fauna off Newfoundland DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027099RESEARCH ARTICLEBenthic faunal energy flow and biological interaction in some shallow marine soft bottom habitatsDOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027109RESEARCH ARTICLEZonation by size in the Armandia sp. (Polychaeta: Opheliidae) population on an intertidal sand flat DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027123RESEARCH ARTICLEEffects of cadmium on hemolymph composition in the shore crab Carcinus maenas DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027135RESEARCH ARTICLEForaging behaviour of the crab Cancer pagurus feeding on the gastropods Nucella lapillus and Littorina littorea: comparisons with optimal foraging theory DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027143RESEARCH ARTICLEHabitat related differences in the survivorship and growth of juvenile sea urchins DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027155RESEARCH ARTICLEOrganization and patterns of interactions in a subtidal sand community on an exposed coastDOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027163RESEARCH ARTICLEGas advection in sediments of a South Carolina salt marsh DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027187RESEARCH ARTICLEDevelopment pattern of an infralittoral bryozoan community in the western Mediterranean Sea DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027195RESEARCH ARTICLEResidual amino acid fluxes in Kiel Bight -February to June 1980 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027203RESEARCH ARTICLEA case of mass occurrence of Prorocentrum minimum in the Kiel Fjord DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027209RESEARCH ARTICLEDiel vertical distribution of fish larvae their prey in nearshore waters of southern California DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027217RESEARCH ARTICLEForaging strategies of deep-sea fish DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027227RESEARCH ARTICLEEmigration of juvenile banana prawns Penaeus merguiensis from a mangrove estuary and recruitment to offshore areas in the wet-dry tropics of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027239RESEARCH ARTICLEIsotope-dilution and its effects on measurements of nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by oceanic microplankton DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027253RESEARCH ARTICLERole of sand in the domination of hard substrata by the intertidal alga Rhodomela larix DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027263RESEARCH ARTICLEIn situ growth and chemical composition of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera: response to temporal changes in ambient nutrient availability DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027277RESEARCH ARTICLEDistribution and abundance of benthic microalgae in a shallow southwestern Australian estuarine system DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027287REVIEWRatio-based trophic niche breadths of fish, the Sheldon spectrum, and the size-efficiency hypothesisDOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps027299
