Use of the underwater video profiler for the study of aggregate dynamics in the North Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-128

  Gorsky, G ^a   Picheral, M ^a   Stemmann, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Geostrophic front; Mediterranean; Nepheloid layers; Organic matter; Underwater Video Profiler

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; PROFILER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

(NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034025262     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0539     Document Type: Article

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