Enhanced zooplankton abundance in the lee of an isolated reef in the south Coral Sea: The role of flow disturbance

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1347-1368

  Rissik, David ^a   Suthers, Iain M ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOW DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; REEF; REEFS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CORAL SEA;

ACARTIA; ANTHOZOA; COPEPODA; ONCAAE; PLEUROMAMMA;

EID: 0030759926     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.9.1347     Document Type: Article

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