Minimum length scale for growth-limited oceanic plankton distributions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 111-120

  McLeod, P ^a   Martin, A P ^a   Richards, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filaments; Logistic growth; Minimum length scale; Plankton

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHEAR FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037114437     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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