Vertical structure of small metazoan plankton, especially non- calanoid copepods. I. Deep Arabian Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1073-1101

  Böttger Schnack, Ruth ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROMETAZOAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARABIAN SEA;

COPEPODA; ONCAEA;

EID: 0029669496     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.7.1073     Document Type: Article

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