Zooplankton community structure in a cyclonic and mode-water eddy in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1757-1776

  Eden, Bethany R ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Goldthwait, Sarah A ^b   McGillicuddy Jr , Dennis J ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel vertical migration; Mesoscale eddy; Mesozooplankton; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CYCLONIC EDDY; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; FOOD CONCENTRATION; FOOD WEBS; MESOPELAGIC; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOZOOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT FLUXES; OPEN OCEAN; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SAMPLING PERIOD; SARGASSO SEA; STUDY SITES; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; STORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIEL MIGRATION; FOOD WEB; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; CYPRIDIDAE; DOLIOLIDA; LEPADIDAE; OSTRACODA; THORACICA;

EID: 67949118783     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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