Seasonal dynamics and life histories of three sympatric species of Pseudocalanus in two Svalbard fjords

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Ershova, Elizaveta A, Nyeggen, Margot U, Yurikova, Daria A, Søreide, Janne E
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2021
• Subjects: Original Article; Adventfjorden; Arctic; Billefjorden; Svalbard; Climate change; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355481/; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab007

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