Seasonal and spatial patterns of deeply buried calanoid copepods on the Amazon shelf: Evidence for periodic erosional/depositional cycles

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Aller, Josephine Y ^a   Todorov, Julia R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon continental shelf; Brazil; burial; calanoid copepods; deposition; sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSITS; BURIAL; EROSIONAL/DEPOSITIONAL CYCLES; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SHELF SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL PATTERN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON SHELF;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0030620447     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0111     Document Type: Article

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