Size-related response of zooplankton to hydroclimatic variability and water-quality in an organically polluted estuary of the Basque coast (Bay of Biscay)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-96

  Intxausti, Lander ^a   Villate, Fernando ^b   Uriarte, Ibon ^b   Iriarte, Arantza ^b   Ameztoy, Iban ^b  

^a Dept of Didactics of Science   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Estuaries; Hydroclimatic factors; Size assemblages; Water quality; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROCLIMATIC FACTORS; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; OXYGEN DEPLETION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIZE-ASSEMBLAGES; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER TRANSPARENCY; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ESTUARIES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; SALINITY; SIZE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; BILBAO ESTUARY; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CNIDARIA; COPEPODA; NOCTILUCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84856278033     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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