Variations in overwintering depth distributions of Calanus finmarchicus in the slope waters of the NW Atlantic continental shelf and the Labrador Sea

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 49-69

  Head, Erica ^a   Pepin, Pierre ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calanus; Labrador; NW Atlantic; Overwinter; Plankton; Scotia Shelf; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CABOT STRAIT; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTIA SHELF;

ANIMALIA; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS;

EID: 45249118812     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v39.m600     Document Type: Article

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