Metazooplankton communities in the Ahe atoll lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia): Spatiotemporal variations and trophic relationships

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 538-548

  Pagano, Marc ^a   Sagarra, Pascual Boi ^a   Champalbert, Gisèle ^a   Bouvy, Marc ^b   Dupuy, Christine ^c   Thomas, Yoann ^d   Charpy, Loïc ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Atoll lagoon; French Polynesia; Metazooplankton; Pearl oyster; Spatio temporal patterns; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

ATOLL LAGOON; FRENCH POLYNESIA; METAZOOPLANKTON; PEARL OYSTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

AQUACULTURE; MARINE POLLUTION;

LAKES;

ATOLL; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL LOOP; NANOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA FOSSAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CILIATE; CLAUSOCALANUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CORYCAEUS; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLAGELLATE; FOOD; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GASTROPOD; HOLOPLANKTON; LARVA; MEROPLANKTON; METAZOOPLANKTON; NANOFLAGELLATE; NANOPHYTOPLANKTON; NONHUMAN; OITHONA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SALINITY; UNDINULA VULGARIS; WIND; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; PINCTADA; POLYNESIA; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA FOSSAE; BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; CLAUSOCALANUS; COPEPODA; CORYCAEUS; GASTROPODA; OITHONA; PARACALANUS; PARACALANUS PARVUS; PINCTADA; UNDINULA VULGARIS;

EID: 84865565456     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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