Proportion of copepod biomass declines with decreasing salinity in the Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 767-774

  Vuorinen, I ^c   Hanninen J ^c   Viitasalo, M ^a   Helminen, U ^c   Kuosa, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Freshwater run off; Salinity; Time series; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; FRESHWATER INPUT; SALINITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALTIC SEA;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0032144369     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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