Long-term seasonal and spatial patterns in mortality and survival of Calanus finmarchicus across the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Programme region, Northwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1942-1958

  Plourde, Stéphane ^a   Pepin, Pierre ^b   Head, Erica J H ^c  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Density dependence; Mortality; Northwest Atlantic; Stage dependence; Survival; Vertical life table

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS;

EID: 70149107707     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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