Seasonal production of Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in temperate coastal waters off Argentina

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 729-740

  Temperoni, B ^a,b,c   Vinas M D ^a,b,c   Diovisalvi, N ^d   Negri, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Copepoda; Oithona nana; Production; South West Atlantic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COASTAL WATER; CRUSTACEAN; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; OITHONA NANA;

EID: 79953791496     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq141     Document Type: Article

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