An autonomous benthic lander: Preliminary observations from the UK BENBO thematic programme

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8-10, 2001, Pages 859-877

  Black, Kevin S ^a,e   Fones, Gary R ^b   Peppe, Oli C ^a   Kennedy, Hilary A ^c   Bentaleb, Ilhem ^d  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic lander; Fluxes; North Atlantic; Nutrients; Oxygen; Sediments

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0034974454     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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