Spatial and temporal variability of mesozooplankton and tintinnid ciliates in a seasonally hypersaline estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-430

  Elliott, David T ^a,b   Kaufmann, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; MISSION BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

CILIOPHORA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 34548020258     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02819388     Document Type: Article

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