Some historical, theoretical and applied aspects of quantitative water mass analysis

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-303

  Tomczak, Matthias ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

EID: 0032857280     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321618227     Document Type: Article

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