Seasonal and interannual dynamics of microzooplankton abundances in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-157

  Monti, Marina ^a   Minocci, Marco ^a   Milani, Luisella ^b   Fonda Umani, Serena ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b ARPA FVG   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Aloricate ciliates; Heterotrophic dinoflagellates; Microzooplankton; Tintinnids

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CILIATE; CLIMATE FORCING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROPLANKTON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA; COXIELLA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVELLA; HELICOSTOMELLA; SALPINGELLA; STEENSTRUPIELLA; STENOSEMELLA; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNOPSIS;

EID: 84870361361     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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