Abundance and community composition of micronekton across a front off Southern California

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 828-848

  Lara Lopez, Ana Ligia ^a   Davison, Peter ^a   Koslow, Julian Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A Front; California Current; fish; krill; mesopelagic; micronekton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC DATA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DATA ACQUISITION; DOMINANCE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; NEKTON; OCEANIC FRONT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC FISH; PLANKTON; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEOST; TURNOVER; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CITHARICHTHYS; DIAPHUS THETA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA GIBBOIDES; EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIA RECURVA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 84864670356     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs016     Document Type: Article

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