Temporal and spatial variability of mesozooplankton in a shallow sub-tropical bay: Influence of top-down control

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 723-737

  Kelble, Christopher R ^a   Ortner, Peter B ^a   Hitchcock, Gary L ^a   Dagg, Michael J ^b   Boyer, Joseph N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Long term; Salinity; Top down control; Water quality; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875104643     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9270-9     Document Type: Article

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