Distribution of Calanus spp. on and around the Nova Scotia Shelf in April: Evidence for an offshore source of Calanus finmarchicus to the central and western regions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2463-2476

  Head, Erica J H ^a   Harris, Leslie R ^a   Petrie, Brian ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIAN SHELF;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0033493205     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-193     Document Type: Article

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