Distribution and abundance of micronekton and macrozooplankton in the NW Weddell Sea: Relation to a spring ice-edge bloom

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-293

  Donnelly, Joseph ^a   Sutton, Tracey T ^b   Torres, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MICRONEKTON; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; SPRING (SEASON); ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ATOLLA; BATHYLAGUS ANTARCTICUS; CHAETOGNATHA; CYCLOTHONE MICRODON; CYLLOPUS LUCASII; CYPHOCARIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; GYMNOSCOPELUS BRAUERI; HYPERIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASIPHAEA; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; PRIMNO MACROPA; SALPA THOMPSONI; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; THYSANOESSA MACRURA; VIBILIA STEBBINGI;

EID: 32644469697     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-005-0051-z     Document Type: Article

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