Gaps and patches in the ocean: A one-dimensional analysis of planktonic distributions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 1998, Pages 15-21

  Currie, Warren J S ^a   Claereboudt, Michel R ^b   Roff, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gaps; Patchiness; Plankton Zooplankton; Transect

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; PATCHINESS; PLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032191256     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps171015     Document Type: Article

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