The zooplankton of Marguerite Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula-Part I: Abundance, distribution, and population response to variability in environmental conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 13-16, 2011, Pages 1599-1613

  Marrari, Marina ^a   Daly, Kendra L ^b   Timonin, Alexander ^c   Semenova, Tatjana ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Copepods; Euphausia crystallorophias; Euphausia superba; Ostracods; Pteropods; Southern Ocean; Thysanoessa macrura

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; COPEPODS; EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; OSTRACODS; PTEROPODS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THYSANOESSA MACRURA;

CHLOROPHYLL; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

IODINE;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAY; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPODA; CALANOIDES ACUTUS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; CTENOCALANUS; EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYDROIDA; METRIDIA GERLACHEI; MYSIDA; OITHONA; OSTRACODA; PARAEUCHAETA; PTEROPODA; THYSANOESSA MACRURA;

EID: 79957990658     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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