Coarse scale distributions and community structure of hydromedusae related to water mass structures in two locations of Japanese waters in early summer

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Kitamura, Minoru ^a,b   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Ishimaru, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

And indicator assemblages; Biological factor; Coarse scale; Horizontal distribution; Hydromedusae; Physical factor

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

JAPAN;

HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; MUGGIAEA ATLANTICA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); TRACHYMEDUSAE;

EID: 0142153760     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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