Copepods link quahog growth to climate

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Witbaard, R ^a   Jansma, E ^b,c   Sass Klaassen, U ^c,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Rijksdienst voor Archeologie Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Ctr Dendrochronology   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctica islandica; Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR); Copepods; Dendrochronology; Long term growth; Malacochronology; Northern North Sea; Time series

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH; SHELL; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTH); NORTH SEA;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; ARCTICIDAE; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0242276157     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(03)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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