Zooplankton time-series in the Balearic Sea (Western Mediterranean): Variability during the decade 1994-2003

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 329-354

  Fernández de Puelles, Maria Luz ^a   Alemany, Francisco ^a   Jansá, Javier ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Sea; Copepods; Time series; Western Mediterranean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COPEPODS; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; HYDROGRAPHY; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COPEPODA; OSTRACODA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 34547546244     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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