Nano- and microplankton in the northern Arabian Sea during the Southwest Monsoon, August-September 1995: A US-JGOFS study

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 2269-2299

  Garrison, D L ^a   Gowing, M M ^a   Hughes, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MONSOON; NANNOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032416798     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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