Regional variation in the life cycle of Rhincalanus gigas (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean - Re-examination of existing data (1928 to 1993)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 261-275

  Ward, P ^a   Atkinson, A ^a   Schnack Schiel, S B ^b   Murray, A W A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development rates; Life cycle; Mortality; Regional variation; Rhincalanus gigas; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; RHINCALANUS GIGAS;

EID: 0030812580     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157261     Document Type: Article

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