Blooms of tunicates Oikopleura spp. and Dolioletta gegenbauri in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, during summer

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 183-192

  Nakamura, Yasuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicularians; Dolioletta; Doliolids; Oikopleura; Seto Inland Sea; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

JAPAN;

ALGAE; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; DOLIOLETTA; DOLIOLETTA GEGENBAURI; DOLIOLIDAE; METAZOA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; OIKOPLEURA LONGICAUDA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032439096     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003531812536     Document Type: Article

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