Taxonomic composition and seasonal distribution of copepod assemblages from waters adjacent to nuclear power plant I and II in northern Taiwan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 380-391

  Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^a   Tu, Yueh Yuan ^b   Tseng, Li Chun ^a   Fang, Lee Shing ^c   Souissi, Sami ^d   Fang, Tien Hsi ^a   Lo, Wen Tseng ^e   Twan, Wen Hung ^a   Hsiao, Shih Hui ^a   Wu, Cheng Han ^a   Peng, Shao Hung ^a   Wei, Tsui Ping ^a   Chen, Qing Chao ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN POWER COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Copepod distribution; Copepod species composition; Nuclear power plants; Thermal discharge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; WATER;

COPEPOD DISTRIBUTION; COPEPOD SPECIES COMPOSITION; THERMAL DISCHARGE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 24944457629     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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