Plankton distribution spectra: Inter-size class variability and the relative slopes for phytoplankton and zooplankton

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Martin, A P ^a   Srokosz, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; INDIVIDUAL SIZE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPECTRAL SLOPES;

PLANKTON;

EID: 0038066440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015117     Document Type: Article

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