Distribution of zooplankton biomass at three seamounts in the NE Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2671-2682

  Martin, Bettina ^a   Christiansen, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Distribution; NE Atlantic; Seamounts; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; FAR-FIELD; MESH SIZE; REFERENCE SITES; SIZE CLASS; SIZE FRACTION; SUMMIT HEIGHTS; TRAPPING EFFECTS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WET WEIGHT;

SENSORS;

BIOMASS;

ADVECTION; BIOMASS; DIEL MIGRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEAMOUNT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 71849096606     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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