Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 927-936

  Khalil, Magdy T ^a   Abd El Rahman, Nasser S ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATERS; ZOOPLANKTON;

RED SEA, GULF OF AQUBA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 0030616371     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.7.927     Document Type: Article

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