Summer mesozooplankton assemblages in the north-eastern Aegean Sea: The influence of Black Sea water and an associated anticyclonic eddy

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Isari, Stamatina ^a,b   Somarakis, Stylianos ^b   Christou, Epaminondas D ^b   Fragopoulu, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

community composition; distribution patterns; eastern Mediterranean; eddy; mesozooplankton

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; EDDY; GYRE; HALOCLINE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; CALANOIDA; CLAUSOCALANUS; COPEPODA; OITHONA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; TEMORA STYLIFERA;

EID: 79951705187     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000123     Document Type: Article

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