Zooplankton distributions and community structure in an area of the south coast shelf of Jamaica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-270

  Webber, Mona K ^a   Roff, John C ^b   Chisholm, Leslie A ^b   Clarke, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAMAICA; WEST INDIES, GREATER ANTILLES, JAMAICA;

LUCIFER FAXONI; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS;

EID: 0029669798     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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