Eddy stirring and phytoplankton patchiness in the subarctic North Atlantic in late summer

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1411-1439

  Washburn, Libe ^a   Emery, Brian M ^a   Jones, Burton H ^b   Ondercin, Daniel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; EDDY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032168213     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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