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  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer is affiliated with the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in the United States. Their work is grounded in oceanographic and marine sciences, contributing to the broader understanding of ocean environments and ecosystems.

In 1990, Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), marking a notable point in their career.

Best Publications

  • On the ecology of marine cyclopoid copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda)

    Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer

  • Modes of cell capture in calanoid copepods1

    Holly J. Price;Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer;J. Rudi Strickler

  • Suspension-feeding by herbivorous calanoid copepods: A cinematographic study

    G. A. Paffenhöfer;J. R. Strickler;M. Alcaraz

  • Effects of small-scale turbulence on feeding rate and gross-growth efficiency of three Acartia species (Copepoda: Calanoida)

    Enric Saiz;Miguel Alcaraz;Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer

  • Food ingestion by the marine planktonic copepod Paracalanus in relation to abundance and size distribution of food

    G. A. Paffenhöfer

  • On assessment of prey ingestion by copepods

    P.G. Verity;G.-A. Paffenhofer

  • Omnivorousness in marine planktonic copepods

    Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer;Sally C. Knowles

  • Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids

    Gerhard Kattner;Willy Hagen;Richard F. Lee;Robert Campbell

  • Predictability of patches of neritic salps and doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea)

    D. Deibel;G.-A. Paffenhöfer

  • Modes of algal capture by the freshwater copepod Diaptomus sicilis and their relation to food‐size selection1,2

    Henry A. Vanderploeg;Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer

  • Perceptive performance and feeding behavior of calanoid copepods

    Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer;Kellie D. Lewis

  • Vertical zooplankton distribution on the northeastern Florida shelf and its relation to temperature and food abundance

    Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer

  • Colloquium on diatom-copepod interactions

    G. A. Paffenhöfer;A. Ianora;A. Miralto;J. T. Turner

  • On some aspects of the behaviour of Oithona plumifera (Copepoda: Cyclopoida)

    G.-A. Paffenhöfer;M. G. Mazzocchi

  • Vertical distribution of subtropical epiplanktonic copepods

    G.-A. Paffenhöfer;M. G. Mazzocchi

  • Distribution and abundance of thaliaceans and copepods off the southeastern U.S.A. during winter

    G.-A. Paffenhöfer;L.P. Atkinson;T.N. Lee;P.G. Verity;P.G. Verity;P.G. Verity

  • Experimental records of the effects of food patchiness and predation on egg production of Acartia tonsa

    Enric Saiz;Peter Tiselius;Per R. Jonsson;Peter Verity

  • Motion behavior of nauplii and early copepodid stages of marine planktonic copepods

    G.-A. Paffenhofer;J.R. Strickler;K.D. Lewis;S. Richman

  • The metabolism of wax esters and other lipids by the marine copepod, Calanus helgolandicus

    Richard F. Lee;Judd C. Nevenzel;G.-A. Paffenhöfer;A.A. Benson

  • Heterotrophic protozoa and small metazoa: feeding rates and prey-consumer interactions

    G.-A. Paffenhöfer

  • Feeding, growth and food conversion of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris

    Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer;John D. Orcutt

  • A unique hexaene hydrocarbon from a diatom (Skeletonema costatum)

    Richard F. Lee;Judd C. Nevenzel;Judd C. Nevenzel;G.-A. Paffenhöfer;A.A. Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry P. Atkinson
Larry P. Atkinson Old Dominion University
Thomas N. Lee
Thomas N. Lee University of Miami
Peter G. Verity
Peter G. Verity Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Don Deibel
Don Deibel Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sigrun Jonasdottir
Sigrun Jonasdottir Technical University of Denmark
Shin-ichi Uye
Shin-ichi Uye Hiroshima University
Eileen E. Hofmann
Eileen E. Hofmann Old Dominion University
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Lawrence R. Pomeroy
Lawrence R. Pomeroy University of Georgia
James A. Yoder
James A. Yoder University of Rhode Island

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