Physical control of zooplankton communities in the Catalan Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 294-312

  Alcaraz, M ^a   Calbet, A ^a   Estrada, M ^a   Marrase C ^a   Saiz, E ^a   Trepat, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; NW Mediterranean; Physical forcing; Rate processes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NW MEDITERRANEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34547494657     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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