Magnitude of mesozooplankton variability: A case study from the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea in spring

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-323

  Blachowiak Samolyk, Katarzyna ^a   Kwasniewski, Slawek ^a   Hop, Haakon ^b   Falk Petersen, Stig ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPEN WATER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SPRING (SEASON); ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

OITHONA SIMILIS;

EID: 52449134858     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn002     Document Type: Article

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