Abundance and biomass of meiobenthos in the spawning ground of anchovy (Engraulis japanicus) in the southern Huanghai Sea

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 94-104

  Liu, Xiaoshou ^a   Zhang, Zhinan ^a   Huang, Yong ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthic copepods; Biomass; Free living marine nematodes; Meiofauna; Southern Huanghai Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; SPAWNING GROUND;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD; YELLOW SEA;

ANCHOA; COPEPODA; ENGRAULIS; KINORHYNCHA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 23044445867     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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