Seasonality of the copepods Acartia hudsonica and Acartia tonsa in Narragansett Bay, RI, USA during a period of climate change

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Sullivan, Barbara K ^a   Costello, John H ^b   Van Keuren, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acartia hudsonica; Acartia tonsa; climate changes; copepod; ctenophore; phenology; seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA HUDSONICA; ACARTIA TONSA; COPEPODA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 34247584522     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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