Regional variation in distribution pattern, population structure and growth rates of Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa longicaudata in the Irminger Sea, North Atlantic

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-342

  Saunders, R A ^a   Ingvarsdottir A ^b   Rasmussen, J ^c   Hay, S J ^c   Brierley, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body growth rates; Euphausiids; Irminger Sea; NAO; North Atlantic; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BODY GROWTH RATES; EUPHAUSIIDS; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; SEA; THYSANOESSA LONGICAUDATA;

MARINE BORERS;

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; THYSANOESSA LONGICAUDATA;

EID: 33847648926     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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