Small-scale nutrient patches in tidally mixed coastal waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2002, Pages 29-44

  Seuront, Laurent ^a   Gentilhomme, Valérie ^a   Lagadeuc, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Fractal and multifractal analysis; Nitrite; Patchiness; Tidal forcing; Time series; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; MIXING; NITRITE; NUTRIENT; PATCHINESS; TIDAL CYCLE;

(EAST); ENGLISH CHANNEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037013004     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps232029     Document Type: Article

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