Some distributional characteristics of small zooplankton at two stations in the Otranto Strait (Eastern Mediterranean)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 482, Issue , 2002, Pages 119-136

  Kršinić, Frano ^a,b   Grbec, Branka ^b  

^a Laboratory of Plankton Ecology   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Oceanography   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Copepods; Microzooplankton; Otranto Strait; Radiolarians; Tintinnines; Water masses

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WATER;

ASSEMBLAGES;

PROTOZOA;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COPEPODA; PROTOZOA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 0346037246     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021212431253     Document Type: Article

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