Seasonal abundance and reproduction of clausocalanid copepods in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-70

  Cornils, A ^a,b   Niehoff, B ^a   Richter, C ^b   Al Najjar, T ^c   Schnack Schiel, S B ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; EGG PRODUCTION; INTERSEX; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CLAUSOCALANIDAE; CLAUSOCALANUS FARRANI; CLAUSOCALANUS FURCATUS; CLAUSOCALANUS MINOR; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS VANUS; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34047197341     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl057     Document Type: Article

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