Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of deep-sea mesozooplankton in the eastern Mediterranean -indications of a climatically induced shift?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-275

  Koppelmann, Rolf ^a   Weikert, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Mediterranean sea; Mesozoo plankton; Temporal shift; Zooplankton composition; Zooplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PHOTIC ZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CALANOIDA; CANDACIA ELONGATA; COPEPODA; EUCALANUS MONACHUS; HALOPTILUS LONGICORNIS; LUCICUTIA LONGISERRATA;

EID: 34249854864     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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