Size structure and life cycle patterns of dominant pelagic amphipods collected as swimmers in sediment traps in the eastern Fram Strait

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Kraft, Angelina ^a   Bauerfeind, Eduard ^a   Nöthig, Eva Maria ^a   Bathmann, Ulrich V ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fram Strait; HAUSGARTEN; Hyperiid amphipod; Life cycle; Population dynamics; Sediment traps; Size distribution; Themisto

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; FRAM STRAIT; HAUSGARTEN; HYPERIID AMPHIPOD; LIFE SPAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; PELAGIC SPECIES; SIZE STRUCTURE; THEMISTO; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CURRICULA; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENT TRAPS;

AMPHIPOD; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; OBSERVATORY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRAP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SWIMMING; TIME SERIES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT;

AMPHIPODA; HYPERIIDAE; THEMISTO; THEMISTO ABYSSORUM; THEMISTO COMPRESSA; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84857787613     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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