Summer mesozooplankton distribution in coastal waters of central Greece (eastern Mediterranean). II. Species assemblages

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 765-774

  Ramfos, Alexis ^a   Somarakis, Stylianos ^a   Koutsikopoulos, Constantin ^a   Fragopoulu, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CALOCALANUS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS VANUS; FARRANULA ROSTRATA; HALOPTILUS LONGICORNIS; LUCICUTIA FLAVICORNIS; MECYNOCERA CLAUSI; MESOCALANUS TENUICORNIS; ONCAEA MEDITERRANEA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; PODON;

EID: 22944486332     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011677     Document Type: Article

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