Plankton in waters adjacent to the Laje de Santos state marine conservation park, Brazil: spatio-temporal distribution surveys

Abstract The coastal marine plankton plays a major role in ecosystem functioning by linking pelagic and benthonic environments through energy fluxes. Understanding the dynamic of planktonic organisms is also crucial for conservation and management purposes. Plankton was sampled at ten sites in the w...

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Main Authors: Marília Bueno, Samantha Fernandes Alberto, Renan de Carvalho, Tânia Marcia Costa, Áurea Maria Ciotti, Ronaldo Adriano Christofoletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592017000400564&lng=en&tlng=en