Zooplankton distribution and behaviour in the Southern Ocean from surveys with a towed Optical Plankton Counter

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3889-3915

  Pollard, R T ^a   Bathmann, U ^b   Dubischar, C ^b   Read, J F ^a   Lucas, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL;

POLAR FRONTAL ZONES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BODY SIZE; DIEL MIGRATION; POLAR FRONT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

COPEPODA; RHINCALANUS; RHINCALANUS GIGAS;

EID: 0036376101     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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