Appendicularian assemblages and their space-time variability off the La Plata River, SW Atlantic Ocean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Spinelli, Mariela L ^a,c   Martos, Patricia ^b   Esnal, Graciela B ^a,c   Capitanio, Fabiana L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

appendicularians; La Plata River estuary; tunicates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES EVENNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); FRITILLARIA (APPENDICULARIAN); FRITILLARIA BOREALIS; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; OIKOPLEURA FUSIFORMIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 70349750073     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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