Mesozooplankton community structure in offshore and coastal waters of the Ionian Sea (eastern Mediterranean) during mixed and stratified conditions

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-44

  Ramfos, Alexis ^a   Isari, Stamatina ^a   Somarakis, Stylianos ^a   Georgopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Koutsikopoulos, Constantin ^a   Fragopoulu, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Oceanography Hellenic Center of Marine Research (HCMR)   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; STRATIFICATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF PATRAS; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

COPEPODA;

EID: 33749010579     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0326-0     Document Type: Article

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