Variability of the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front north of South Georgia

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 87-105

  Thorpe, Sally E ^a,b   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Brandon, Mark A ^b   Stevens, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Front; Hydrographic data; Krill; Model; Scotia Sea 50 60 S, 45 30 W ; Southern Ocean; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MAPS; WIND;

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRONT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0037112009     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00197-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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