Measuring copepod abundance in deep-water winter habitats in the NE Norwegian Sea: Intercomparison of results from laser optical plankton counter and multinet

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 480-492

  Gaardsted, Frank ^a   Tande, Kurt S ^b   Basedow, Sünnje L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Laser optical plankton counter; Multinet; Norwegian Sea; Winter distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT TYPE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; RESOLUTION; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 77958496581     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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