Copepod diversity and composition as indicators of intrusion of the kuroshio branch current into the northern Taiwan strait in spring 2000

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 393-403

  Hsieh, Chih Hao ^a,e   Chiu, Tai Sheng ^a   Shih, Chang Tai ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China Coastal Current; Indicator; Kuroshio Branch Current; Species composition; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COPEPODA;

EID: 4143092622     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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