Principal component analysis of biological and physical variability in a Gulf Stream meander crest

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1531-1565

  Mariano, Arthur J ^a   Hitchcock, Gary L ^a   Ashjian, Carin J ^a,b   Olson, Donald B ^a   Rossby, Tom ^c   Ryan, Edward ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; CURRENT RINGS; DIEL MIGRATION; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, GULF STREAM;

EID: 0030438569     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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