Zooplankton communities and oceanographic structures in a high-resolution grid in the south-eastern corner of the Bay of Biscay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-446

  Albaina, Aitor ^a   Irigoien, Xabier ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Calanoides carinatus; Calanus helgolandicus; Gonad development Stage (GS); mesoscale; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER PLUME; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

CALANOIDES CARINATUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS;

EID: 35548964580     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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