Controls on floc size in the sea

Oceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Hill, Paul S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001986246     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.1998.03     Document Type: Article

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