Short communication: Estimations of mesozooplankton biomass in a coastal upwelling area off NW Spain

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1005-1014

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Álvarez Ossorio, M Teresa ^a   González, Nicolás ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; SPAIN; SPECIES ABUNDANCE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

GALICIA; LA CORUNA; SPAIN;

APPENDICULARIA; COPEPODA; HYDROZOA; SCYPHOZOA; SIPHONOPHORA;

EID: 0031803504     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.5.1005     Document Type: Article

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