Abundance and community structure of chaetognaths from the epipelagic through abyssopelagic zones in the western North Pacific and its adjacent seas

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-197

  Ozawa, Miho ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a   Watanabe, Yuji ^b   Ishizaka, Joji ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abyssopelagic; Bathypelagic; Chaetognaths; Deep sea; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CHAETOGNATHA;

EID: 38049091969     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.2.184     Document Type: Article

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