Quantitative variability of the copepod assemblages in the northern Adriatic Sea from 1993 to 1997

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 528-538

  Kršinić, Frano ^a   Bojanić, Dubravka ^b   Precali, Robert ^c   Kraus, Romina ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic; copepods; northern Adriatic; phytoplankton; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; MONOTHULA SUBTILIS; MUGGIAEA ATLANTICA; OITHONA NANA; OITHONIDAE; ONCAEA; ONCAEIDAE; PARACALANUS PARVUS; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 34547538528     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.036     Document Type: Article

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