Zooplankton biomass distribution patterns along the western Antarctic Peninsula (December 2002)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1195-1203

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Alcaraz, Miquel ^a   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Broglio, Elisabetta ^a   Vaqué, Dolors ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 29444433988     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi081     Document Type: Article

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