Distribution and abundance of overwintering Calanus finmarchicus in the Faroe-Shetland Channel

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 40-60

  Heath, Michael R ^a   Jónasdóttir, Sigrun H ^b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Diapause; Hydrography; Lipid; North Sea; Plankton; Water masses; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

CALANOIDA; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0343550308     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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