Short-term temporal variation in coastal zooplankton communities: The relative importance of physical and biological mechanisms

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1485-1501

  Wiafe, George ^a   Frid, Christopher Leslie John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND;

EID: 0030474961     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.8.1485     Document Type: Article

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