Mesoscale distribution and community composition of zooplankton in the Mozambique Channel

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-135

  Huggett, Jenny A ^a,b  

^a Oceans and Coasts Research   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomass; Community composition; Mesoscale eddies; Mesozooplankton; Mozambique Channel; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNELS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMASS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYCLONE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; HOMOGENEITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; SAMPLING; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; CORYCAEUS; OITHONA; ONCAEA; OSTRACODA; PARACALANIDAE;

EID: 84897591023     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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