Comparison of zooplankton vertical migration in an ice-free and a seasonally ice-covered Arctic fjord: An insight into the influence of sea ice cover on zooplankton behavior

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 831-845

  Wallace, Margaret I ^a   Cottier, Finlo R ^b   Berge, Jørgen ^c   Tarling, Geraint A ^d   Griffiths, Colin ^b   Brierley, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FJORD; HYDROGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ICE THICKNESS; LIGHT EFFECT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHADING; SNOW COVER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955896703     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0831     Document Type: Article

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