Seasonal and annual variability in the spatial patterns of plankton biomass in Chesapeake Bay

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 480-492

  Roman, M ^a   Zhang, X ^a,b   McGilliard, C ^a,c   Boicourt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944397269     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.2.0480     Document Type: Article

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