Abundance, biomass and life cycle patterns of euphausiids (Euphausia pacifica, Thysanoessa inspinata and T. longipes) in the Oyashio region, western subarctic Pacific

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Kim, Hye Seon ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^b   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^b  

^a Deep Sea Resources Research Center   (South Korea)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euphausia pacifica; Euphausiids; Oyashio region; Thysanoessa inspinata; Thysanoessa longipes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPAWNING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; THYSANOESSA INSPINATA; THYSANOESSA LONGIPES; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 70349319459     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.4.43     Document Type: Article

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