Long-term seasonal and interannual variations of krill spawning in the lower St Lawrence estuary, Canada, 1979-2009

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-714

  Plourde, Stéphane ^a   Winkler, Gesche ^b   Joly, Pierre ^a   St Pierre, Jean François ^a   Starr, Michel ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg; Euphausiids; Krill; Long term variability; Reproduction; Seasonal pattern; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANCHOR; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATOLOGY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLT; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 79953802031     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq144     Document Type: Article

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