Coupling between physical and biological fields in the North Atlantic subtropical front southeast of the Azores

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1369-1393

  Fernández, Emilio ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZORES CURRENT; BIOLOGICAL-PHYSICAL COUPLING; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLLS; FRONTAL FEATURES; OCEANIC FRONT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030439352     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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