Long-term, predation-based control of a central-west North Sea zooplankton community

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-197

  Clark, Robin A ^a,b   Frid, Chris L J ^b   Nicholas, Kirsty R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic forcing; Long term trends; North Sea; Top down control; Zooplankton community

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH SEA;

CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; SAGITTA; SAGITTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0038477108     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(02)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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