Annual dynamics of the mesozooplankton communities in a highly variable ecosystem (North Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-398

  Camatti, Elisa ^a   Comaschi, Alessandra ^a   De Olazabal, Alessandra ^b   Fonda Umani, Serena ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acartia clausi; Cladocerans; Copepods; Diatoms; Mesozooplankton; Nutrients; Penilia aviros tris; River inputs; Salinity; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; ONCAEA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PENILIA; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; POECILOSTOMATOIDA;

EID: 51549111417     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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