Composition, vertical distribution and age of zooplankton benthic eggs in the sediments of two contrasting estuaries of the Bay of Biscay

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 518, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 201-212

  Masero, R ^a   Villate, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Human perturbation; Sediment age; Zooplankton benthic eggs

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; ESTUARIES; HYDROLOGY; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON BENTHIC EGGS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERTURBATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 3442879965     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025063.22926.67     Document Type: Article

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