Seasonal dynamics of meroplankton assemblages at station L4

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-691

  Highfield, James M ^a,b   Eloire, Damien ^a,c   Conway, David V P ^d   Lindeque, Penelope K ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^b   Somerfield, Paul J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter annual variability; Meroplankton; Seasonal variation; Time series; Western English Channel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; MEROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; PLYMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CIRRIPEDIA; ECHINODERMATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77951211653     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp139     Document Type: Article

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