Spatial and seasonal variations in copepod communities related to turbidity maximum along the Chikugo estuarine gradient in the upper Ariake Bay, Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-126

  Islam, Md Shahidul ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ariake Bay; Chikugo estuary; copepod community; estuarine turbidity maximum; spatial and seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

ARIAKE BAY; ASIA; CHIKUGO ESTUARY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ACARTIA OMORII; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; OITHONA DAVISAE; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS MARINUS; SINOCALANUS;

EID: 33646861988     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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