Factors controlling the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia estuary, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1985-1995

  Yin, Kedong ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a   Goldblatt, Robert H ^a   St John, Michael A ^b   Beamish, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS;

EID: 0031459535     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-106     Document Type: Article

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