Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton communities in a temperate estuary: Spatial and temporal patterns

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-312

  Marques, Sónia Cotrim ^a   Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda ^a   Marques, João Carlos ^a   Neto, João Miguel ^a   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; ACARTIA CLAUSII; ACARTIA TONSA; ANCHOA; BOSMINA; CALANOIDA; CERIODAPHNIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DIAPTOMUS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; MUGGIAEA ATLANTICA; POMATOSCHISTUS; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); TEMORA LONGICORNIS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 33645123790     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi126     Document Type: Article

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