Patterns of distribution of sound-scattering zooplankton in warm- and cold-core eddies in the Gulf of Mexico, from a narrowband acoustic Doppler current profiler survey

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5251-5262

  Zimmerman, Robert A ^a,b   Biggs, Douglas C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0033559552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900072     Document Type: Article

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