Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Live and Dead Copepods in the Lower Chesapeake Bay (Virginia, USA)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1039-1048

  Elliott, David T ^a,b   Tang, Kam W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod carcasses; Mortality; Vital staining; Zooplankton sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARRION; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ACARTIA TONSA; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 79960842865     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9380-z     Document Type: Article

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