Distribution and production of plankton communities in the subtropical convergence zone of the Sargasso Sea. II. Protozooplankton and copepods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 426, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-86

  Andersen, Nikolaj G ^a,d   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a,b   Jakobsen, Hans Henrik ^a,b   Munk, Peter ^b   Riemann, Lasse ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Convergence zone; Copepods; Heterotrophic dinoflagellates; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BREEDING SITE; CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EEL; EGG PRODUCTION; GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LARVA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; METAZOA; OSTRACODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79953186605     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09047     Document Type: Article

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