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Chapter 14 - Plankton

Biological Oceanography

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Identification of Plankton

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Identification of phytoplankton

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Identification of zooplankton

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  • Huys R, Boxshall GA (1991) Copepod evolution. The Natural History Museum, London (468 pp)
  • Leis JM, Carson-Ewart M (2000) The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes. Brill, Leiden (850 pp)
  • Guide to Southeastern Australian zooplankton http://www.tafi.org.au/zooplankton/

Development of copepods (Sources for Fig. 14.3)

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Ecology and behavoiur of plankton

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  • Kingsford, M. J. (1993). Biotic and abiotic structure in the pelagic environment: importance to small fish. Bulletin of Marine Science 53: 393-415
  • Kingsford MJ, Leis J, Shanks A, Lindeman K, Morgan S, Pineda J (2002) Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment. Bull. Mar. Sci. Suppl. 70: 309-340
  • Kingsford MJ, Pitt KA, Gillanders BM (2000) Management of jellyfish fisheries, with special reference to the Order Rhizostomeae. Oceanography and Marine Biology an Annual Review 38: 85-156
  • Kingsford MJ, Murdoch R (1998) Planktonic assemblages. In: Kingsford MJ, Battershill CN (eds.) Studying temperate marine environments: A handbook for ecologists. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand (pp 227-268)
  • McKinnon, A D; Duggan, S., and De’ath, G. 2005. Mesozooplankton dynamics in inshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; 63:497-511.
  • Reynolds CS (2006) Ecology of Phytoplankton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.



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