Direct evidence of tidally oriented behavior of the copepod Eurytemora affinis in the Seine estuary

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 773-780

  Schmitt, François G ^a   Devreker, David ^a,b   Dur, Gaël ^a,c   Souissi, Sami ^a  

^a Station Marine de Wimereux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copepod behavior; Eurytemora affinis; High frequency sampling; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; CURRENT VELOCITY; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 79960200692     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0841-4     Document Type: Article

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