Zooplankton communities in two contrasting Basque estuaries (1999-2001): Reporting changes associated with ecosystem health

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 739-752

  Albaina, A ^a,b   Villate, F ^a   Uriarte, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; NEW RECORD; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; URDAIBAI ESTUARY; VIZCAYA;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA DISCAUDATA; ACARTIA MARGALEFI; CALANIPEDA AQUAEDULCIS; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 71949091416     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp025     Document Type: Article

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