Late autumn distribution and seasonality of chlorophyll-α at the shelf-break/slope region of the Armorican and Celtic shelf

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-33

  Garcia Soto, Carlos ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NITRATE; SEASONALITY; SHELF EDGE; TEMEPRATURE;

ARMORICAN SHELF; ATLANTIC; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 0031886180     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002531540003993x     Document Type: Article

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