Distribution and sedimentation of faecal on the Nordvestbanken shelf, northern Norway, in 1994

Sarsia

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 239-253

  Båmstedt, Ulf ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^a   Hansen, Lena ^a   Andreassen, Inger J ^a   Riser, Chriatian Wexels ^a   Urban Rich, Juanita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Faecal pellets; North norwegian shelf; Seasonal variation; Seditnentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033570754     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1999.10420429     Document Type: Article

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