Response of the mesozooplankton community of the St Lucia estuary, South Africa, to a mouth-opening event during an extended drought

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-552

  Jerling, Hendrik L ^a   Vivier, Leon ^a   Cyrus, Digby P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

copepods; drought; estuarine lake; hypersalinity; mesozooplankton

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARTIA NATALENSIS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS STUHLMANNI;

EID: 74749092593     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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