Life cycle, population structure and vertical distribution of Metridia spp. (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Oyashio region (NW Pacific Ocean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 270, Issue , 2004, Pages 181-198

  Padmavati, Gadi ^a,b   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Metridia okhotensis; Metridia pacifica; Oyashio; Vertical distribution; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; LIFE CYCLE; OVERWINTERING; PLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ARTHROPODA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; METRIDIA; METRIDIA OKHOTENSIS; METRIDIA PACIFICA;

EID: 2442557352     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps270181     Document Type: Article

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