Copepod abundance and species composition in the Eastern subtropical/tropical Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 24-26, 2010, Pages 2064-2075

  Schnack Schiel, Sigrid B ^a   Mizdalski, Elke ^a   Cornils, Astrid ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Atlantic; Clausocalanus; Copepods; Diversity; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATLANTIC; CLAUSOCALANUS; COPEPODS; DIVERSITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

CALANOIDA; CALOCALANUS; CLAUSOCALANUS; CLAUSOCALANUS ARCUICORNIS; CLAUSOCALANUS FURCATUS; CLAUSOCALANUS INGENS; CLAUSOCALANUS JOBEI; CLAUSOCALANUS LIVIDUS; CLAUSOCALANUS MASTIGOPHORUS; CLAUSOCALANUS PARAPERGENS; CLAUSOCALANUS PAULULUS; CLAUSOCALANUS PERGENS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; OITHONA; ONCAEA; PARACALANUS; PLEUROMAMMA;

EID: 78650172287     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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