Does mesozooplankton respond to episodic P inputs in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 22-23, 2005, Pages 2975-2989

  Pasternak, Anna ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^b   Riser, Christian Wexels ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS;

EGGS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; ZOOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA;

EID: 27844514210     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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