Diel variation of zooplankton in the tropical coral-reef water of Tioman Island, Malaysia

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 965-975

  Nakajima, Ryota ^a   Yoshida, Teruaki ^b   Othman, Bin Haji Ross ^b   Toda, Tatsuki ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copepods; Day night change; Pelagic; Reef associated; Size fraction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; DIEL VARIATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SIZE STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SERIBUAT ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIOMAN; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANTHOZOA; COPEPODA;

EID: 72149086995     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9208-5     Document Type: Article

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