Harpacticoid copepod emergence at a shelf site in summer and winter: Implications for hydrodynamic and mating hypotheses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 248, Issue , 2003, Pages 177-185

  Thistle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthopelagic coupling; Continental shelf; Emergence; Harpacticoid copepods

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMERGENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 0037455757     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps248177     Document Type: Article

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