Spatial and temporal abundance distribution of chaetognaths in eastern Mediterranean pelagic waters

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-270

  Kehayias, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; KROHNITTA SUBTILIS; MESOSAGITTA DECIPIENS; MESOSAGITTA MINIMA; SAGITTA; SAGITTA BIPUNCTATA; SAGITTA ENFLATA; SAGITTA HEXAPTERA; SAGITTA LYRA; SAGITTA SERRATODENTATA;

EID: 3042668963     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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