Zooplankton associations in a Mediterranean long-term time-series

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1163-1181

  Mazzocchi, Maria Grazia ^a   Licandro, Priscilla ^b   Dubroca, Laurent ^a,c   Di Capua, Iole ^a   Saggiomo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

associations; Mediterranean; time series; Tyrrhenian Sea; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HYDROGRAPHY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF NAPLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79960371271     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr017     Document Type: Article

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