Distribution of epipelagic metazooplankton across the Mediterranean Sea during the summer BOUM cruise

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2159-2177

  Nowaczyk, A ^a   Carlotti, F ^a   Thibault Botha, D ^a   Pagano, M ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAGNITUDE; MESH SIZE; PHOTIC ZONE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COPEPODA; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 80051690185     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2159-2011     Document Type: Review

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