Holoplankton, meroplankton, and meiofauna associated with marine snow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 75-86

  Shanks, Alan L ^a   Walters, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Copepod; Holoplankton; M eiofauna; Marine snow; Meroplankton; Nauplii; Nematode; Veligers

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS; HOLOPLANKTON; MARINE SNOW; MEIOFAUNA; MEROPLANKTON;

CHARLESTON; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; SOUTH CAROLINA; USA; WASHINGTON;

ANTHOZOA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; COPEPODA; CYPRIDIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030952637     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps156075     Document Type: Article

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