Community structure and grazing impact of mesozooplankton during late spring/early summer 2004/2005 in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands (Southern Ocean)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 2106-2125

  Fielding, Sophie ^a,b   Ward, Peter ^a   Pollard, Raymond T ^b   Seeyave, Sophie ^b   Read, Jane F ^b   Hughes, J Alan ^b   Smith, Tania ^b   Castellani, Claudia ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

46 S; 52 E; Abundance; Community composition; Crozet; Drepanopus pectinatus; HNLC; Indian Ocean; Southern Ocean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROZET; DREPANOPUS PECTINATUS; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTONS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; DREPANOPUS PECTINATUS; PECTINATUS;

EID: 35348852512     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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