Plankton distributions in relation to physical oceanographic features on the southern Malin Shelf, August 1996

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1095-1111

  Gowen, R J ^a   Raine, R ^b   Dickey Collas, M ^a,c   White, M ^b  

^a Agric and Environ Science Division   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malin Shelf; Physical oceanography; Plankton

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ATLANTICUS; CERATIUM LONGIPES; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS ATLANTICUS; DOLIOLUM GEGENBAURI; GONYAULAX POLYGRAMMA; GYRODINIUM AUREOLUM; HALOSPHAERA; HALOSPHAERA MINOR; LIMACINA RETROVERSA; OXYTOXUM SCOLOPAX; SAGITTA MAXIMA; SAGITTA TASMANICA; SCOLOPAX; SERRATOSAGITTA TASMANICA;

EID: 0032426530     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0418     Document Type: Article

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