Inter-annual variability in abundance and community structure of zooplankton south and north of Iceland in relation to environmental conditions in spring 1990-2007

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-551

  Gislason, Astthor ^a   Petursdottir, Hildur ^a   Astthorsson, Olafur S ^a   Gudmundsson, Kristinn ^a   Valdimarsson, Hedinn ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SPRING (SEASON); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; OITHONA; PODON LEUCKARTI;

EID: 67650854437     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp007     Document Type: Article

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