Biodiversity as a dynamic variable in the Gulf of Maine continuous plankton recorder transect

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1675-1684

  Record, Nicholas R ^a   Pershing, Andrew J ^a   Jossi, Jack W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; continuous plankton recorder; copepod; Gulf of Maine; pelagic; richness; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; DIEL VARIATION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMESCALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

COPEPODA;

EID: 78149441150     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq050     Document Type: Article

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