Are mesoscale perturbation experiments in polar waters prone to physical artefacts? Evidence from algal aggregation modelling studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 36-1-36-4

  Boyd, Philip W ^a   Jackson, George A ^b   Waite, Anya M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTATION;

POLAR WATERS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENT; IRON; MESOSCALE MOTION; PERTURBATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0036624176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014210     Document Type: Article

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