Enhanced chlorophyll at the shelfbreak of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank during the spring transition

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Ryan, John P ^a,b   Yoder, James A ^b   Cornillon, Peter C ^b  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; SHELF BREAK; SPRING (SEASON);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0033027439     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0001     Document Type: Article

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