Structural-functional relationships in the pelagic community of the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1021-1034

  Piontkovski, Sergey ^a,c   Williams, Robert ^b   Ignatyev, Sergey ^c   Boltachev, Alexander ^c   Chesalin, Mikhail ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0043288141     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.9.1021     Document Type: Article

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