Zooplankton swarms: Characteristics, proximal cues and proposed advantages

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 480, Issue , 2002, Pages 155-164

  Ambler, Julie W ^a  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Behaviour; Cladocerans; Copepods; Swarms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENCE;

ZOOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; SWARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA; ANOMOPODA; CALANUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; OITHONA;

EID: 0037101681     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021201605329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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