Mesoscale vortices and the paradox of the plankton

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1454, 2000, Pages 1795-1800

  Bracco, A ^a   Provenzale, A ^a   Scheuring, I ^a  

^a Istituto di Cosmogeofisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherent vortices; Geophysical turbulence; Plankton

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; PLANKTON; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; THEORY; TURBULENT FLOW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034618461     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1212     Document Type: Article

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