Biodiversity and abundance of the zooplankton of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 730-738

  Sherman, K ^a   Solow, A ^b   Jossi, J ^a   Kane, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Northeast Shelf USA; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHEST UNITED STATES SHELF;

EID: 0032144932     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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