Horizontal flux of nutrients and plankton across and along the British Columbia continental margin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2941-2967

  Mackas, David L ^a   Yelland, Douglas R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032735057     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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