Role of cyclopoid copepods Oithona spp. in North Sea plankton communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 79-93

  Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a   Sabatini, Marina ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyclopoid copepod; Fecundity; North Sea; Oithona spp.; Production

Indexed keywords

OITHONA; COPEPODA; OITHONA SIMILIS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FECUNDITY; PLANKTON; PRODUCTION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0029662833     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps139079     Document Type: Article

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