Physical and biochemical aspects of the flow across the Mascarene Plateau in the Indian Ocean

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

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 151-168

  New, A L ^a   Stansfield, K ^a   Smythe Wright, D ^a   Smeed, D A ^a   Evans, A J ^a   Alderson, S G ^a   Mccave, I N ^b   Laughton, A S ^c   Flemming, N C ^c   Lloyd, I ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Science Policy Support Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mascarene Plateau; Nutrient supply; South Equatorial Current; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244305630     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1484     Document Type: Article

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