Macroplankton and micronekton in the northeast tropical Atlantic: Abundance, community composition and vertical distribution in relation to different trophic environments

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-222

  Andersen, Valérie ^a   Sardou, Jacques ^a   Gasser, Beat ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROPLANKTON; MICRONEKTON; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030939327     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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