Hydromedusa blooms and upwelling events in the Bay of Panama, Tropical East Pacific

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 783-793

  Miglietta, Maria Pia ^a,b   Rossi, Marco ^b   Collin, Rachel ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

BAY OF PANAMA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [PANAMA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

HYDROMEDUSA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 48149101993     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn038     Document Type: Article

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