Feeding of the carnivorous copepod Euchaeta antarctica in Antarctic waters

Abstract

Copepods made up 80-90% of all food items by number. Metridia gerlachei, Calanoides acutus, Euchaeta spp., other large copepods, Oncaea spp., Oithona spp. and other small copepods were the main prey of E. antarctica (V, VI). Large copepods were probably more important as food (dry-weight basis) than small copepods. -from Author