Spatial and temporal variations in copepod community structure in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 230, Issue , 2002, Pages 211-224

  Plourde, Stéphane ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a   Runge, Jeffrey A ^a   Therriault, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulation; Community; Copepod; Decadal; Estuary; Seasonal; Spatial; Variation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ACARTIA; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; METRIDIA; METRIDIA LONGA; OITHONA; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 0037023605     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps230211     Document Type: Article

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