Vertical distribution, population structure and life cycles of four oncaeid copepods in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-625

  Nishibe, Yuichiro ^a,b   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; ONTOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

COPEPODA; ONCAEA GROSSA; ONCAEA PARILA; ONCAEIDAE; TRICONIA BOREALIS; TRICONIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33845601692     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0382-5     Document Type: Article

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