Abundance patterns and species assemblages of euphausiids associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1510-1525

  Letessier, Tom B ^a   Falkenhaug, Tone ^b   Debes, Høgni ^c   Bergstad, Odd Aksel ^b   Brierley, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

biogeography; communities; deepwater; Euphausiacea; Mid Atlantic Ridge; oceanic; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; ICELAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; PORTUGAL;

EUPHAUSIA KROHNI; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; THYSANOESSA LONGICAUDATA;

EID: 80052581565     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr056     Document Type: Article

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