Near- bottom depletion of zooplankton over coral reefs: I: Diurnal dynamics and size distribution

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-85

  Yahel, Ruthy ^a,b   Yahel, Gitai ^a,b   Genin, Amatzia ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Predation; Seston quality; Vertical distribution; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIURNAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 17044387392     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0449-z     Document Type: Article

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