Seasonal size spectra of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) in a coastal sea and comparison with those predicted using coagulation theory

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 63-76

  Mari, Xavier ^a   Burd, Adrian ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Size spectra; TEP; Turnover

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION THEORY; EXOPOLYMERIC PARTICLE; SIZE SPECTRA;

EID: 0032510502     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163063     Document Type: Article

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