Calanoid copepods assemblages in Pearl River Estuary of China in summer: Relationships between species distribution and environmental variables

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-267

  Lin, Duan ^a   Li, XiuQin ^a   Fang, HongDa ^a   Dong, YanHong ^a   Huang, ZhuoXuan ^a   Chen, JiaHui ^a  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Calanoid copepods; Distribution; Environmental variables; Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SUMMER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

CALANOIDA; CENTROPAGES GRACILIS; COPEPODA; COSMOCALANUS DARWINII; EUCHAETA RIMANA; NANNOCALANUS MINOR; PARACANDACIA TRUNCATA; PARAEUCHAETA; PAREUCALANUS ATTENUATUS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS INOPINUS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS POPLESIA; RHINCALANUS CORNUTUS; SUBEUCALANUS SUBCRASSUS; SUBEUCALANUS SUBTENUIS; TEMORA TURBINATA; UNDINULA VULGARIS;

EID: 79960471051     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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