Differential patterns of mesozooplankters' distribution in relation to physical and biological variables of the northeastern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1035-1050

  Isari, S ^a   Psarra, S ^b   Pitta, P ^b   Mara, P ^c   Tomprou, M O ^b,c   Ramfos, A ^a   Somarakis, S ^c   Tselepides, A ^b   Koutsikopoulos, C ^a   Fragopoulu, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GYRE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREY SIZE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SIZE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34248210696     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0542-7     Document Type: Article

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