Zooplankton of Massachusetts Bay, USA, 1992-2003: Relationships between the copepod Calanus finmarchicus and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 311, Issue , 2006, Pages 115-124

  Turner, Jefferson T ^a   Borkman, David G ^b   Hunt, Carlton D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Copepod; Massachusetts Bay; North Atlantic Oscillation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; OSCILLATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOSTON HARBOR; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 33646767836     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps311115     Document Type: Article

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