Patterns of zooplankton distribution along the marine, estuarine, and riverine portions of the Danshuei ecosystem in northern Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-352

  Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^a   Kumar, Ram ^b   Hsieh, Chih Wei ^a   Kuo, Albert Y ^c   Souissi, Sami ^d   Hsu, Ming Hsi ^c   Wu, Jiunn Tzong ^e   Liu, Wen Cheng ^f   Wang, Chi Fang ^c   Chen, Qing Chao ^g  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Estuarine copepods; Marine copepods; Taiwan; Zooplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

APOCYCLOPS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS PEHPEIENSIS; NOCTILUCALES; PARACALANUS ACULEATUS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS ANNANDALEI;

EID: 80855153585     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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