Andaman Sea copepods: Spatio-temporal variations in biomass and production, and role in the pelagic food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 274, Issue , 2004, Pages 99-122

  Satapoomin, Suree ^a,c   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^b   Hansen, Per Juel ^c  

^a PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Calanoids; Cyclopoids; Egg production; Secondary production; Tropical copepod community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PHUKET; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA AUSTRALIS; ACROCALANUS; ACROCALANUS GIBBER; CALANOIDA; CENTROPAGES; CENTROPAGES FURCATUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; EUCHAETA; EUCHAETA MARINELLA; OITHONA; OITHONA PLUMIFERA; ONCAEA; ONCAEA VENUSTA; POECILOSTOMATOIDA; TEMORA; TEMORA DISCAUDATA;

EID: 3142692911     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps274099     Document Type: Article

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