Short-term physical and biological variability in the shelf-slope region of the NW Mediterranean during the spring transition period

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 661-675

  Masó, Mercedes ^a   Sabatés, Ana ^a   Pilar Olivar, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVAE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELF EDGE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0032077540     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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