Interannual variation in spring biomass and gut content composition of copepods in the Kuroshio current, 1971-89

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-341

  Nakata, K ^a   Koyama, S ^a   Matsukawa, Y ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate factors; Copepoda; Gut content composition; Kuroshio; Size composition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035661992     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2001.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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