Cross-shelf and vertical distribution of siphonophore assemblages under the influence of freshwater outflows in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-78

  Sanvicente Añorve, Laura ^a   Alba, Claudia ^a   Alatorre, Miguel A ^a   Flores Coto, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Enneagonum hyalinum; Gulf of Mexico; River discharges; Seasonality; Siphonophora

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FOOD PRODUCTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

ENNEAGONUM HYALINUM; FOOD WEBS; RIVER DISCHARGES; SIPHONOPHORE ASSEMBLAGES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTFLOW; POLYP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ABYLOPSIS ESCHSCHOLTZI; BASSIA BASSENSIS; CHELOPHYES APPENDICULATA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DIPHYES BOJANI; DIPHYES DISPAR; ENNEAGONUM HYALINUM; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 34249023993     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0492-6     Document Type: Article

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