The importance of small-sized copepods in a frontal area of the Aegean Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-338

  Zervoudaki, S ^a,b   Christou, E D ^a   Nielsen, T G ^b   Siokou Frangou, I ^a   Assimakopoulou, G ^a   Giannakourou, A ^a   Maar, M ^b   Pagou, K ^a   Krasakopoulou, E ^a   Christaki, U ^c   Moraitou Apostolopoulou, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA;

EID: 34548419605     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm018     Document Type: Article

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