Copepod abundance in the western Irish Sea: Relationship to physical regime, phytoplankton production and standing stock

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-330

  Gowen, R J ^a   McCullough, G ^b   Dickey Collas, M ^a,c   Kleppel, G S ^d  

^a Department Agriculture Northern I ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; COPEPOD; IRISH SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; STANDING STOCK; STRATIFICATION;

ABUNDANCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDING STOCK; STRATIFICATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

IRISH SEA;

ACARTIA CLAUSI; PSEUDOCALANUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0031815699     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.2.315     Document Type: Article

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