Pelagic ecology of the Ningaloo region, Western Australia: Influence of the Leeuwin Current

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Hanson, C E ^a,c   McKinnon, A D ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leeuwin Current; Megafauna; Ningaloo Current; Primary production; Secondary production; Western Australia; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; FRINGING REEF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 77957322523     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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