Chlorophyll/nutrient characteristics in the water masses to the north of South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 373-382

  Whitehouse, M J ^a   Priddle, J ^a   Brandon, M A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUTRIENT; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0034078871     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050458     Document Type: Article

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