Long-term changes in zooplankton biomass concentration and mean size over the Northwest European shelf inferred from Continuous Plankton Recorder data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 785-798

  Pitois, Sophie G ^a   Fox, Clive J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cladocerans; Continuous Plankton Recorder; copepods; mean dry weight; undersampling correction factors; zooplankton communities

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 33646829795     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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