Zooplankton abundance in a coastal station off the Ria de Aveiro inlet (north-western Portugal): Relations with tidal and day/night cycles

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Morgado, Fernando ^a   Queiroga, Henrique ^a   Melo, Fernando ^a   Sorbe, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Lab d'Oceanogr Biologique   (France)

Author keywords

Day night cycles; Estuaries; Portugal; Tidal cycles; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

EID: 0038678155     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00037-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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