Note on plankton and cold-core rings in the Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-375

  Biggs, Douglas C ^a   Zimmerman, Robert A ^a   Gasca, Rebeca ^b   Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^b   Castellanos, Ivan ^b   Leben, Robert R ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLD-CORE; CURRENT RINGS; PLANKTON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030616557     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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