Evidence from plankton for multi-annual variations of Atlantic inflow in the northwestern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-205

  Corten, Ad ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atlantic inflow; Candacia armata; Continuous Plankton Recorder; Indicator species; Metridia lucens; North Sea; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; INFLOW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH SEA;

CANDACIA ARMATA; METRIDIA LUCENS; TOMOPTERIS;

EID: 0032753898     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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