Physical and biological patchiness of an upper ocean transect from South Africa to the ice edge near the Greenwich Meridian

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3713-3733

  Read, J F ^a   Pollard, R T ^a   Bathmann, U ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; ICE;

HYDROGRAPHIC STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; UPPER OCEAN;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036376372     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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