Monsoons boost biological productivity in Arabian Sea

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Volumn 79, Issue 13, 1998, Pages

  Brink, Kenneth ^a   Arnone, Robert ^b   Coble, Paula ^b   Flagg, Charles ^b   Jones, Burton ^b   Kindle, John ^b   Lee, Craig ^b   Phinney, David ^b   Wood, Michelle ^b   Yentsch, Charles ^b   Young, David ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MONSOON;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0031803943     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98eo00120     Document Type: Article

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