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RESPIRATORY RATE AND DEPTH OF OCCURRENCE OF MIDWATER ANIMALS 1
Author(s) -
CHILDRESS JAMES J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1971.16.1.0104
Subject(s) - pelagic zone , zooplankton , crustacean , oceanography , oxygen , ecology , biology , environmental science , fishery , geology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Studies on 12 species of pelagic crustaceans and fishes show that deeper‐living species have lower rates of oxygen consumption than do shallower‐living species under comparable conditions. Thus, zooplankton may make a rather small contribution to the total oxygen consumption at greater depths in the oceans.