Distribution of meroplankton communities in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 119-129

  Vazquez E ^a   Ameneiro, J ^a   Putzeys, S ^b   Gordo, C ^b   Sangra P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bransfield Strait; Distribution; Hydrography; Invertebrate larvae; Meroplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECHINODERM; HYDROGRAPHY; LARVA; MEROPLANKTON; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT;

ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34250893792     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338119     Document Type: Article

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