Using an optical plankton counter to determine the size distributions of preserved zooplankton samples

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1939-1956

  Beaulieu, Stace E ^a,c   Mullin, Michael M ^b   Tang, Van T ^b   Pyne, Solana M ^b   King, Andrew L ^b   Twining, Benjamin S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032722291     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.10.1939     Document Type: Article

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