Biomass and taxonomic composition of micronekton in the western tropical-subtropical Pacific

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-125

  Hidaka, Kiyotaka ^a,d   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^a   Tanabe, Toshiyuki ^b   Takahashi, Mio ^b   Kubodera, Tsunemi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Fisheries Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Distribution pattern; Micronekton; Species composition; Western tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICRONEKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0037342010     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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