Abundance and spatial distribution of copepods on Georges Bank during the winter/spring period

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 2537-2569

  Durbin, Edward G ^a   Casas, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepods; Georges Bank

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; SAMPLING;

COPEPODS; EGG PRODUCTION; GEORGES BANK; WINTER/SPRING PERIOD;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA; METRIDIA; METRIDIA LUCENS; OITHONA; OITHONA SIMILIS; PSEUDOCALANUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 33845205606     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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