Tidally oriented vertical migration and position maintenance of zooplankton in a temperate estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1697-1709

  Kimmerer, W J ^a   Burau, J R ^b   Bennett, W A ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; POSITIONING; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACANTHOMYSIS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE; NEOMYSIS MERCEDIS; POTAMOCORBULA AMURENSIS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS FORBESI; SINOCALANUS; SINOCALANUS DOERRII;

EID: 0031798723     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1697     Document Type: Article

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