The seasonal development of the zooplankton community in a British Columbia (Canada) fjord during two years with different spring bloom timing

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-144

  Tommasi, Désirée A G ^a   Routledge, Richard D ^a   Hunt, Brian P V ^b   Pakhomov, Evgeny A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; community structure; fjord; phenology; spring bloom; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FJORD; JUVENILE; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); ZOOPLANKTON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ACARTIIDAE; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; ECTINOSOMATIDAE; METRIDINIDAE;

EID: 84871196910     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2012.708044     Document Type: Article

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