Zooplankton field heterogeneity formation on the mesoscale: Elements of the theory and empirical characteristics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Goldberg, G A ^a   Piontkovski, S A ^a   Williams, R ^b  

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

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field heterogeneity; Indian Ocean; Theory; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIELD HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN, (WEST);

EID: 0030618457     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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