Spatial distribution and community structure of copepods in a central Mediterranean key region (Egadi Islands-Sicily Channel)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-322

  Brugnano, C ^a   Bergamasco, A ^b   Granata, A ^a   Guglielmo, L ^a   Zagami, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copepod biodiversity; Hydrography; Mediterranean Sea; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COPEPOD ABUNDANCE; COPEPOD SPECIES; DIVERSITY INDEX; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIPARAMETERS; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PROBE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STUDY AREAS; WATER MASS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DIVERSITY INDEX; HYDROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGADIAN ISLANDS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; STRAIT OF SICILY; TRAPANI;

COPEPODA;

EID: 77951024288     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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