Seasonal spatial pattern and community structure of zooplankton in waters off the Baleares archipelago (Central Western Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-94

  Fernandez de Puelles M L ^a   Macias, V ^a   Vicente, L ^a   Molinero, J C ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copepod structure; Mesozooplankton; Micrometazooplankton; Oligotrophic; Seasonal; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MESOZOOPLANKTON; MICROMETAZOOPLANKTON; OLIGOTROPHIC; SEASONAL; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA CLAUSII; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; CLAUSOCALANUS; CLAUSOCALANUS ARCUICORNIS; CLAUSOCALANUS PERGENS; COPEPODA; MECYNOCERA CLAUSI; OITHONA PLUMIFERA; ONCAEA MEDIA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; TEMORA STYLIFERA;

EID: 84906779694     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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