A three-axis fast-tow digital Video Plankton Recorder for rapid surveys of plankton taxa and hydrography

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Davis, Cabell S ^a   Thwaites, Fredrik T ^a   Gallager, Scott M ^a   Hu, Qiao ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 22744459475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2005.3.59     Document Type: Article

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