Plankton dynamics and carbon flux in an area of upwelling off the coast of Morocco

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1713-1738

  Head, E J H ^a   Harrison, W G ^a   Irwin, B I ^a   Horne, E P W ^a   Li, W K W ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; FLUX; PLANKTON; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030292185     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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