Mesoscale frontal dynamics: Shaping the environment of primary production in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3735-3769

  Strass, Volker H ^a   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^b,c   Pollard, Raymond T ^d   Fischer, Haika I ^a   Hense, Inga ^a   Allen, John T ^d   Read, Jane F ^d   Leach, Harry ^b   Smetacek, Victor ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROCLINIC STABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036377421     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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