Upper-ocean transport mechanisms from the Gulf of Maine to Georges Bank, with implications for Calanus supply

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1887-1911

  Hannah, C G ^a   Naimie, C E ^b   Loder, J W ^a   Werner, F E ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; CURRENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WIND STRESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC, GEORGES BANK; ATLANTIC, GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0031967999     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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