Epipelagic mesozooplankton dynamics around the Mascarene Plateau and Basin, Southwestern Indian Ocean

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 191-202

  Gallienne, Christopher P ^a   Smythe Wright, Denise ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mascarene Plateau; Southwestern Indian Ocean; Upwelling; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244288124     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1487     Document Type: Article

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