Diel variation in the vertical distribution of particulate matter (>0.15 mm) in the NW Mediterranean Sea investigated with the Underwater Video Profiler

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 505-531

  Stemmann, Lars ^a   Picheral, Marc ^a   Gorsky, Gabriel ^a  

^a URA2077 Stn Zool BP 28 F   (France)

Author keywords

Diel variation; Large aggregates; Mediterranean Sea; Particulate matter; Underwater Video Profiler; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0342470527     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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