Mesozooplankton and particulate matter responses to a deep-water frontal system in the southern California Current System

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 815-827

  Ohman, Mark D ^a   Powell, Jesse R ^a   Picheral, Marc ^b   Jensen, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

copepods; fronts; mesozooplankton; secondary production; size spectra

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; DENSITY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAZING; OCEANIC FRONT; PARTICLE SIZE; PROFILER; RESEARCH VESSEL; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CALANOIDA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; OITHONA; OSTRACODA; POECILOSTOMATOIDA; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 84864660405     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs028     Document Type: Article

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