Variability of mesozooplankton spatial distribution in the North Aegean Sea, as influenced by the Black Sea waters outflow

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-575

  Siokou Frangou, Ioanna ^a   Zervoudaki, Soultana ^a   Christou, Epaminondas D ^a   Zervakis, Vassilis ^b   Georgopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Black Sea water outflow; Mesozooplankton; Thermohaline front

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; BLACK SEA WATER OUTFLOW; COLD WATERS; COPEPODITES; DARDANELLES; DISCRETE LAYERS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FRONTAL AREAS; LOW SALINITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOTROPHIC; MESOZOOPLANKTON; NORTH AEGEAN SEA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE FRONT; VERTICAL DIMENSIONS;

BIOMASS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

SEAWATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; HALOCLINE; HYDROLOGY; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OUTFLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS VANUS; DOLIOLIDA; FARRANULA ROSTRATA; OITHONA; OITHONA PLUMIFERA; ONCAEA MEDIA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS;

EID: 70449523594     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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