Climatic trends in continental shelf waters off Ghana and in the Gulf of Guinea, 1963-1992

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-198

  Koranteng, Kwame A ^a   McGlade, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a Marine Fisheries Research Division   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine environment; Time series; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041499598     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(01)01140-9     Document Type: Article

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