Biology and life cycles of pelagic tunicates in the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 13-16, 2011, Pages 1677-1689

  Pakhomov, E A ^a   Dubischar, C D ^b   Hunt, B P V ^a   Strass, V ^b   Cisewski, B ^b   Siegel, V ^c   von Harbou, L ^b   Gurney, L ^a   Kitchener, J ^d   Bathmann, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biology; German SO GLOBEC; Ihlea racovitzai; LAKRIS; Lazarev Sea; Life cycle; Pelagic tunicates; Salpa thompsoni

Indexed keywords

GERMAN SO-GLOBEC; IHLEA RACOVITZAI; LAKRIS; LAZAREV SEA; PELAGIC TUNICATES; SALPA THOMPSONI;

LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ICE COVER; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY;

LAZAREV SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IHLEA RACOVITZAI; SALPA THOMPSONI; SALPIDA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 79958003528     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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