Physical control of zooplankton distribution at the Strait of Gibraltar during an episode of internal wave generation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 79-85

  Macias D ^a,b   Somavilla, R ^c   Gonzalez Gordillo J I ^a,d   Echevarria F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c Marine Culture Units El Bocal   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Physical forcing; Strait of Gibraltar; Zooplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERNAL WAVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TIDAL CYCLE; WAVE GENERATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 77954111439     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08566     Document Type: Article

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