The first marine biological station in Canada: 100 years of scientific research at St. Andrews

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2495-2507

  Trippel, Edward A ^a  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; SAINT ANDREWS;

EID: 0033500108     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-190     Document Type: Review

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