Nitrate and chlorophyll distributions in relation to thermohaline and current structures in the western tropical pacific during 1985-1989

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 725-752

  Radenac, Marie Hélène ^a   Rodier, Martine ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLLS; DISTRIBUTIONS; NITRATES; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE/CURRENT STRUCTURES;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0030432076     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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