Geographical variations in prosome length and body weight of Neocalanus Copepods in the North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Kobari, Toru ^a   Tadokoro, Kazuaki ^b   Shiomoto, Akihiro ^c   Hashimoto, Shinji ^d  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Chlorophyll a concentration; Copepod; Prosome length; Subarctic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALANIDAE; COPEPODA; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; NEOCALANUS FLEMINGERI; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS;

EID: 0038187639     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022895802468     Document Type: Article

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