Gelatinous invertebrate zooplankton of the South Adriatic: Species composition and vertical distribution

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-474

  Batistić, Mirna ^a   Kršinić, Frano ^a   Jasprica, Nenad ^a   Carić, Marina ^a   Viličić, Damir ^b   Lučić, Davor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHAETOGNATHA; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); CYMBULIA; DESMOPTERUS; DESMOPTERUS PAPILIO; GASTROPODA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMACINA; LIMACINA INFLATA; LIMACINIDAE; MESOSAGITTA DECIPIENS; PAPILIO; PELAGOBIA; PELAGOBIA LONGICIRRATA; PERSA INCOLORATA; POLYCHAETA; PROTATLANTA; PTEROPODA; SAGITTA; SAGITTA LYRA; SAGITTIDAE; SOLMISSUS; SOLMISSUS ALBESCENS;

EID: 1842833467     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh043     Document Type: Article

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