Overview of environmental conditions in the Northwest Atlantic in 1995

NAFO Scientific Council Studies

Volumn , Issue 27, 1996, Pages 1-37

  Drinkwater, K F ^a   Colbourne, E ^b   Gilbert, D ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Grand bank; Gulf of maine; Gulf of st. Lawrence; Oceanography; Scotian shelf; Temperature

Indexed keywords

1995 CLIMATE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030418256     PISSN: 02506432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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