Zooplankton biomass variability off Angola and Namibia investigated by a lowered ADCP and net sampling

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 143-166

  Postel, Lutz ^a   da Silva, António José ^b   Mohrholz, Volker ^a   Lass, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BENEFIT Programme   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Angola Benguela Front; Diel vertical migration; Lowered ADCP; Multinet; Oxygen minimum zone; Upwelling; Zooplankton biomass

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANGOLA-BENGUELA FRONT; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; LOWERED ADCP; MULTINET; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE (OMZ); UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL MIGRATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35348902106     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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