Plankton distribution associated with frontal zones in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 6069-6093

  Flint, Mikhail V ^a,c   Sukhanova, Irina N ^a   Kopylov, Alexander I ^b   Poyarkov, Sergei G ^a   Whitledge, Terry E ^c  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; OCEAN HABITATS;

TROPHIC LEVELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OCEANIC FRONT; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THERMOCLINE;

BERING SEA; UNITED STATES;

CALANUS MARSHALLAE; PARASAGITTA SETOSA;

EID: 0036446565     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00334-X     Document Type: Article

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