Zooplankton in the Ligurian Sea: Part II. Exploration of their physical and biological forcing functions during summer 2000

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1419-1427

  Warren, Joseph D ^a,e   Demer, David A ^b   Mcgehee, Duncan E ^c   Mento, Rossella D I ^d   Fabrizio Borsani, J ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d Ist Ctrl Ric Scientifica Tecn A   (Italy)

^e LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACKSCATTER; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGANYCTHIPHANES; MEGANYCTHIPHANES NORVEGICA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; SALPIDA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 14144256066     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh129     Document Type: Review

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