Horizontal distribution of calanoid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean during the summer of 2008

Polar Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-119

  Matsuno, Kohei ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Shimada, Koji ^b   Imai, Ichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calanus glacialis; Copepod community; Metridia longa; Pacific water; Pseudocalanus spp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALANOIDA; CALANUS GLACIALIS; COPEPODA; METRIDIA LONGA; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 84861837560     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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