Regional scale climate forcing of mesozooplankton dynamics in Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-387

  Kimmel, David G ^a   Miller, W David ^a   Roman, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE FORCING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; WEATHER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA TONSA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; ENGRAULIDAE; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 33748550981     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784987     Document Type: Article

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