Seasonal patterns in zooplankton community structure on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-285

  Pepin, Pierre ^a   Colbourne, Eugene ^a   Maillet, Gary ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; GULF STREAM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LONG TERM CHANGE; MONITORING LOCATIONS; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OCEAN STATE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SHELF; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 80052538826     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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