Mesozooplankton of the Arabian Sea: Patterns influenced by seasons, upwelling, and oxygen concentrations

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 2-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 214-239

  Smith, S L ^a   Madhupratap, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN;

ARABIAN SEA; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MONSOON SEASON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OXYGEN; PLANKTON; UPWELLING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

COPEPODA; OITHONA; PLEUROMAMMA;

EID: 19744371953     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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