Trophodynamics and stability of regional scale ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-775

  McGinty, Niall ^a   Power, Anne Marie ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Northeast Atlantic; plankton abundance; plankton community structure; regional ecosystems; trophic indicators

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; HERBIVORE; INSTABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANKTON; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

COPEPODA;

EID: 84863586057     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss025     Document Type: Article

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