Zooplankton in an Australian tropical estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 455-467

  Duggan, S ^a   McKinnon, A D ^a   Carleton, J H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Community composition; Copepods; Tropical estuary; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HARBOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLACKMORE RIVER; DARWIN HARBOUR; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ACARTIA SINJIENSIS; BESTIOLINA SIMILIS; CENTROPAGIDAE; COPEPODA; GLADIOFERENS; OITHONA; OITHONA ARUENSIS; OITHONIDAE; PARACALANIDAE; PARACALANUS CRASSIROSTRIS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS;

EID: 46249089295     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9011-x     Document Type: Article

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