Seasonal and spatial changes in biomass, structure, and development progress of the zooplankton community in the Barents Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 125-145

  Arashkevich, Elena ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^b   Pasternak, Anna ^a   Wexels Riser, Christian ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Calanus; Depth distribution; Development progress; Seasonal changes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

SPATIAL CHANGES;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 2242418237     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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