Differences in the abundance and distribution of copepods in two estuaries of the Basque coast (Bay of Biscay) in relation to pollution

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 863-874

  Uriarte, Ibon ^a   Villate, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; COPEPODA; PARACALANUS PARVUS;

EID: 27644539748     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi059     Document Type: Article

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