A whirling ecosystem in the equatorial Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 48-1-48-4

  Menkes, Christophe E ^a   Kennan, Sean C ^b   Flament, Pierre ^c,d   Dandonneau, Yves ^a   Masson, Sébastien ^a   Biessy, Benjamin ^a   Marchal, Emile ^a   Eldin, Gérard ^a   Grelet, Jacques ^a   Montel, Yves ^a   Morlière, Alain ^a   Lebourges Dhaussy, Anne ^a   Moulin, Cyril ^e   Champalbert, Gisèle ^f   Herbland, Alain ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f LOB   (France)

^g IFREMER CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; STABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL TRACERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; VORTEX; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036624147     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014576     Document Type: Article

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