Seasonal and interannual variation in the planktonic communities of the northeastern Chukchi Sea during the summer and early fall

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-41

  Questel, Jennifer M ^a   Clarke, Cheryl ^a   Hopcroft, Russell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Environmental baseline study; Species composition; Zooplankton community patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; CNIDARIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 84885293754     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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