Patchiness in plankton populations

Dynamical Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-59

  Matthews, L ^a   Brindley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STABILITY; TURBULENCE;

PLANKTON;

OCEAN HABITATS;

DIFFUSION; MECHANISMS; PATCHINESS; PLANKTON; SPATIAL PATTERN;

EID: 0031103919     PISSN: 14689367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681119708806235     Document Type: Article

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