Zooplankton distribution and dynamics in a North Pacific Eddy of coastal origin: I. Transport and Loss of continental margin species

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 725-738

  Mackas, David L ^a   Galbraith, Moira D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska Gyre; Eddy; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MESOSCALE EDDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036821956     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022802625242     Document Type: Article

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