Mesozooplankton in the eastern and western subarctic Pacific: Community structure, seasonal life histories, and interannual variability

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 335-363

  MacKas, D L ^a   Tsuda, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIRD; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FOOD WEB; GROWTH; LITERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOOPLANKTON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHENOLOGY; PREDATION; SIZE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; LIFE HISTORY; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032746149     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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