The role of thermal stratification on the population dynamics of Sagitta elegans Verrill in the western Irish Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1659-1674

  Dickey Collas, Mark ^a   Stewart, B M ^a   Gowen, R J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAGITTA ELEGANS; CHAETOGNATHA;

MATURATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0029664138     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.9.1659     Document Type: Article

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