Similar patterns of patterns of community organization characterize distinct groups of different trophic levels in the plankton of the NW Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-438

  Raybaud, V ^a,b   Tunin Ley, A ^a,b   Ritchie, M E ^c   Dolan, J R ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; CARNIVORE; HERBIVORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

CERATIUM; COPEPODA; METAZOA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 69249127119     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-431-2009     Document Type: Article

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