Vertical and temporal distribution of pelagic decapod crustaceans over the shelf-break and middle slope in two contrasting zones around Mallorca (western Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-149

  Simão, Daniela S ^a   Torres, Asvin P ^b   Olivar, M Pilar ^a   Abelló, Pere ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algerian Basin; Balearic Islands; Catalano Balearic basin; Diel vertical migrations; Macrozooplankton; Mediterranean sea; Micronekton; Pelagic environment; Size structure

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGERIAN BASIN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CATALANO-BALEARIC BASIN; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; MACROZOOPLANKTON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICRONEKTON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

SHELLFISH;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CRUSTACEAN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELF BREAK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

CABRERA; CARIDEAN; CHLOROTOCUS CRASSICORNIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GENNADAS ELEGANS; PASIPHAEA MULTIDENTATA; PASIPHAEA SIVADO; PLESIONIKA HETEROCARPUS; SCYLLARIDAE; SERGIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 84906784856     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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