Abundance, biomass, C- and N- content of Flaccisagitta enflata and Mesosagitta minima (Chaetognatha)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Batistić, Mirna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adriatic Sea; Biomass; C ; Chaetognatha; N content

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHAETOGNATHA; FLACCISAGITTA; FLACCISAGITTA ENFLATA; MESOSAGITTA; MESOSAGITTA MINIMA;

EID: 0038608231     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2003.03808.x     Document Type: Article

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