Seasonal to tidal variability in currents, stratification and acoustic backscatter in an Antarctic ecosystem at Deception Island

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1665-1683

  Lenn, Y D ^a   Chereskin, T K ^a   Glatts, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECOSYSTEMS; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILERS (ADP);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0038039345     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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