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Heterogeneous zooplankton distribution in a ship's ballast tanks

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posted on 2023-05-16, 13:36 authored by Murphy, KR, Ritz, DA, Hewitt, CL
We examined the vertical distribution of zooplankton in a ship's ballast water. Some crustacean taxa were more abundant at 0.5 m and 2 m than at 6 m depths. Non-random distributions affect population size estimations and are an important consideration for invasion risk assessment.

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Publication title

Journal of Plankton Research

Volume

24

Issue

7

Pagination

729-734

ISSN

0142-7873

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Place of publication

UK

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences

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