Microscale distribution of zooplankton in relation to turbulent diffusion

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1312-1325

  Maar, Marie ^a,b   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a   Stips, Adolf ^c   Visser, André W ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN SEA; DENMARK; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SKAGERRAK;

CERATIUM; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 0038529776     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.3.1312     Document Type: Article

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