Vertical distribution of zooplankton > 39 μm in relation to the physical environment off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-300

  Bradford Grieve, J M ^a   Murdoch, R C ^a   James, M R ^a   Oliver, M ^a   Hall, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copepods; Food; Macruronus novaezelandiae; New Zealand; Tintinnids; Vertical distribution; Winter mixing; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WEST COAST;

CALOCALANUS; COPEPODA; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 0029664110     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1996.9516716     Document Type: Article

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