The generation of plankton patchiness by turbulent stirring

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6667, 1998, Pages 577-580

  Abraham, Edward R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

PATCHINESS; PLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032484947     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35361     Document Type: Article

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