Biodiversity of chaetognaths of the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 24-26, 2010, Pages 2135-2147

  Nair, Vijayalakshmi R ^a   Gireesh, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Biodiversity; Chaetognatha; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANDAMAN SEA; CHAETOGNATHA; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY IS; HOT SPOT; INDIAN OCEAN; MESOPELAGIC; MIXED LAYER; NORTHEAST MONSOON; OPEN OCEAN; PACIFICA; PHYSICAL FEATURES; SAGITTA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPWARD MOVEMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

STREAM FLOW;

BIODIVERSITY;

COASTAL WATER; DOMINANCE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MIXED LAYER; MOVEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMOCLINE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CHAETOGNATHA; EUKROHNIA FOWLERI; KROHNITTA; PTEROSAGITTA DRACO; SAGITTA; SAGITTA BIPUNCTATA; SAGITTA ENFLATA;

EID: 78650174483     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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