Spatial distribution of zooplankton in the intertidal marsh creeks of the Yangtze River Estuary, China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Zhou, Shuchan ^a   Jin, Binsong ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Qin, Haiming ^a   Chu, Tianjiang ^a   Wu, Jihua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

intertidal environment; salinity gradients; spatial variations; Yangtze River Estuary; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARSH; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

COPEPODA;

EID: 70350584819     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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