The Atlantic Meridional Transect: Overview and synthesis of data

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 257-312

  Aiken, J ^a   Rees, N ^a   Hooker, S ^b   Holligan, P ^c   Bale, A ^a   Robins, D ^a   Moore, G ^a   Harris, R ^a   Pilgrim, D ^d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034039771     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(00)00005-7     Document Type: Review

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