Influence of biotic and abiotic sediment factors on abundance and biomass of harpacticoid copepods in a shallow Antarctic bay

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 135-145

  Veit Köhler, Gritta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Biovolume; Copepoda; King George Island; Meiofauna; Pseudotachidius jubanyensis; Scottopsyllus (S.) praecipuus; Size classes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; PSEUDOTACHIDIUS JUBANYENSIS; SCOTTOPSYLLUS;

EID: 30344441530     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69s2135     Document Type: Article

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