Full-depths zooplankton composition at two deep sites in the western and central Arabian Sea

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-187

  Fabian, Heiner ^a   Koppelmann, Rolf ^a   Weikert, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Copepoda; Indian Ocean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CALANOIDA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 25444531192     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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