Community structure of mesopelagic copepods (> 500 μm) in the Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 511-522

  Gasser, B ^a   Payet, G ^a   Sardou, J ^a   Nival, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Copepoda; Multiple net sampling; Vertical distribution community structure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIFE STRATEGY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MESOPELGAIC ZONE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, LIGURIAN SEA;

CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA; PARAEUCHAETA ACUTA; PLEUROMAMMA GRACILIS; PLEUROMAMMA GRACILUS;

EID: 0032103748     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(97)00094-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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