Relationships between phytoplankton thin layers and the fine-scale vertical distributions of two trophic levels of zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 939-956

  Greer, Adam T ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a   Guigand, Cedric M ^a   Mcmanus, Margaret A ^b   Sevadjian, Jeff C ^b   Timmerman, Amanda H V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicularians; copepods; ctenophores; plankton imaging; thin layers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; IMAGERY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; REFUGE; SAMPLING; SEPARATION; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84883476286     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt056     Document Type: Article

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