Contribution of fine-scale vertical structure and swimming behavior to formation of plankton layers on Georges Bank

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 267, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-43

  Gallager, Scott M ^a   Yamazaki, Hidekatsu ^a,b   Davis, Cabell S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fine scale vertical structure; Plankton behavior; Thin layers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

PLANKTON; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; STRATIFICATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SOCIALIS; OITHONA;

EID: 1542790208     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps267027     Document Type: Article

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