Zooplankton time series from the strait of georgia: Results from year-round sampling at deep water locations, 1990-2010

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-159

  Mackas, David ^a,d   Galbraith, Moira ^a   Faust, Deborah ^a,h   Masson, Diane ^a   Young, Kelly ^a   Shaw, William ^b,c   Romaine, Stephen ^a   Trudel, Marc ^b,d   Dower, John ^d   Campbell, Rob ^d,f   Sastri, Akash ^d,g   Bornhold Pechter, Elizabeth A ^c,e   Pakhomov, Evgeny ^e   El Sabaawi, Rana ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h not available   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOMINANT MODE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP WATER; GYRE; HETEROGENEITY; SAMPLING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

AMPHIPODA; CHAETOGNATHA; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 84880951925     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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