Seasonal occurrence and vertical distribution of appendicularians in Toyama Bay, southern Japan Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-589

  Tomita, Mika ^a,b   Shiga, Naonobu ^a   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Joetsu Environmental Science Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAPAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); FRITILLARIA BOREALIS; FRITILLARIA PELLUCIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; OIKOPLEURA FUSIFORMIS; OIKOPLEURA LONGICAUDA;

EID: 0037792145     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.6.579     Document Type: Article

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