Seasonal patterns of mesozooplankton abundance and biomass at Station ALOHA

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 2037-2061

  Landry, Michael R ^a   Al Mutairi, Hussain ^a,b   Selph, Karen E ^a   Christensen, Stephanie ^a   Nunnery, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ZOOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035033937     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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