Zooplankton community structure across an eddy-generated upwelling band close to a tropical bay-mangrove ecosystem

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 953-972

  Rakhesh, M ^a   Raman, A V ^a   Kalavati, C ^a   Subramanian, B R ^a,b   Sharma, V S ^a   Sunitha Babu, E ^a   Sateesh, Nanduri ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EDDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MANGROVE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EAST INDIA COASTAL CURRENT; EURASIA; GODAVARI ESTUARY; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIALES;

EID: 45449089251     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0991-2     Document Type: Article

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