The U-Tow: A system for sampling mesozooplankton over extended spatial scales

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Walne, Antony W ^b   Quartley, Charles P ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Townstal Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; MESOZOOPLANKTON; SAMPLING;

SAMPLER; SPATIAL SCALE; TOWEL SENSOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0031803702     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.1.135     Document Type: Article

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