Vertical distribution and abundance of pelagic cnidarians in the Eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 341-360

  Pugh, P R ^a   Pages, F ^b   Boorman, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATOLLA WYVILLEI; CHUNIPHYES MOSERAE; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRYSTALLOPHYES AMYGDALINA; DIMOPHYES ARCTICA; DIPHYES; DIPHYES ANTARCTICA; HALICREAS MINIMUM; HYDROIDA; MUGGIAEA BARGMANNAE; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); SIPHONOPHORA;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICRONEKTON; NEKTON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030617140     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002531540007171x     Document Type: Article

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