Vertical distributions of zooplankton across the Almeria-Oran frontal zone (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-293

  Andersen, Valerie ^a   Devey, Corinne ^a   Gubanova, Alexandra ^b   Picheral, Marc ^a   Melnikov, Victor ^b   Tsarin, Sergey ^b   Prieur, Louis ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GYRE; OCEANIC FRONT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBORAN SEA; ALMERIA-ORAN FRONT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALANUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOTHONE; CYCLOTHONE BRAUERI; EUCALANUS; EUCALANUS HYALINUS; EUCALANUS MONACHUS; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA KROHNI; EUPHAUSIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MONACHUS; PLEUROMAMMA ABDOMINALIS; PLEUROMAMMA BOREALIS;

EID: 1642314752     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh036     Document Type: Article

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