Temporal variability in abundance and biomass of ciliates and copepods in the eutrophicated part of Kaštela Bay (Middle Adriatic Sea)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-120

  Bojanić, Natalia ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Šestanović, Stefanija ^a   Marasović, Ivona ^a   Ninčević, Živana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adriatic Sea; Biomass; Ciliated protozoa; Micrometazoa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CILIATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KASTELA BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21244470265     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0199-x     Document Type: Article

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