Accession Number:

ADA063116

Title:

Drift Station Biology: Zooplankton Taxonomy and Biochemical and Physiological Adaptations of Arctic Marine Animals.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Nov 72-Sep 77,

Corporate Author:

WAYNE STATE UNIV DETROIT MICH DEPT OF BIOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Fernandez,Hector R. C.

Report Date:

1977-11-30

Pagination or Media Count:

172.0

Abstract:

This reports includes the following Vertical and annual distributions of some of the most common zooplankton species in the Central Arctic Ocean A description of the freezing resistance mechanism of an arctic isopod A description of anatomical, biochemical and physiological properties of visual receptors of arctic marine organisms and An analysis of the lipid composition of arctic crustaceans. Author

Descriptors:

• *LIPIDS
• *TAXONOMY
• *AQUATIC ANIMALS
• *ZOOPLANKTON
• *CRUSTACEA
• DISTRIBUTION
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• DEPTH
• ARCTIC REGIONS
• ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Biological Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE