Biomass, production and trophic roles of micro- and net-zooplankton in Dokai Inlet, a heavily eutrophic inlet, in summer

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-182

  Uye, Shin Ichi ^a   Nagano, Naoki ^a,b   Shimazu, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dokai Inlet; Microzooplankton; Net zooplankton; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032317241     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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