Composition and community structure of zooplankton in the sea ice-covered western Weddell Sea in spring 2004-with emphasis on calanoid copepods

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1040-1055

  Schnack Schiel, Sigrid B ^a   Michels, Jan ^a   Mizdalski, Elke ^a   Schodlok, Michael P ^a   Schröder, Michael ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Calanoid copepods; Ice covered western Weddell Sea; Species composition; Vertical distribution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEA ICE;

CALANOID COPEPODS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ICE COVER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEA ICE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; CALANOIDA; CALANOIDES ACUTUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; METRIDIA GERLACHEI; MICROCALANUS PYGMAEUS; ONCAEA;

EID: 43649101713     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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