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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Adventfjorden; Arctic; Billefjorden; Svalbard; Climate change; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22064; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab007

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