Population dynamics and life strategies of Rhincalanus nasutus (Copepoda) at the onset of the spring bloom in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-672

  Schnack Schiel, Sigrid B ^a   Niehoff, Barbara ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Böttger Schnack, Ruth ^b   Cornils, Astrid ^a   Dowidar, Mohamed M ^c   Pasternak, Anna ^d   Stambler, Noga ^e   Stübing, Dorothea ^b   Richter, Claudio ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

COPEPODA; RHINCALANUS NASUTUS;

EID: 44649169933     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn029     Document Type: Article

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