Temporal variability and community composition of zooplankton at station L4 in the Western Channel: 20 years of sampling

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-679

  Eloire, Damien ^a,b   Somerfield, Paul J ^a   Conway, David V P ^c   Halsband Lenk, Claudia ^a   Harris, Roger ^a   Bonnet, Delphine ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; L4; Long term series; Western Channel; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND; PLYMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS VANUS; EVADNE NORDMANNI; ONCAEA; PODON; PSEUDOCALANUS ELONGATUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 77951224602     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq009     Document Type: Article

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