Spatial heterogeneity of the planktonic fields in the upper mixed layer of the open ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Piontkovski, S A ^a   Williams, R ^b   Peterson, W T ^c   Yunev, O A ^a   Minkina, N I ^a   Vladimirov, V L ^d   Blinkov, A ^a,d  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Spatial heterogeneity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; PLANKTON; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; UPPER MIXED LAYER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030617741     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148145     Document Type: Article

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