Spatial variability in zooplankton abundance near feeding right whales in the Great South Channel

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 1601-1625

  Beardsley, Robert C ^a   Epstein, Ari W ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^a   Wishner, Karen F ^b   Macaulay, Michael C ^c   Kenney, Robert D ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; DENSE PATCHES; FEEDING WHALES; RIGHT WHALE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF MAINE, GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL;

EID: 0030426358     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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