Mesozooplankton community in the Bay of Bengal (India): Spatial variability during the summer monsoon

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 951-963

  Fernandes, Veronica ^a   Ramaiah, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Composition; Copepods; Density; Diversity and cold core eddies; Mesozooplankton biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

CALANOIDA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; ONCAEA VENUSTA; PLEUROMAMMA;

EID: 72149109052     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9209-4     Document Type: Article

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