Distribution, diversity and biomass of summer zooplankton from the coastal Canadian Beaufort Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-335

  Walkusz, Wojciech ^a,b   Paulić, Joclyn E ^b   Kwaśniewski, Sławomir ^a   Williams, William J ^c   Wong, Sally ^b   Papst, Michael H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Distribution; Diversity; Mackenzie plume; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA;

COPEPODA; LIMNOCALANUS MACRURUS; MICROCALANUS; PODON LEUCKARTI; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDOCALANUS; TRICONIA BOREALIS;

EID: 77950520371     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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