Two coastal upwelling domains in the northern California Current system

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 901-929

  Huyer, Adriana ^a   Fleischbein, Jane H ^a   Keister, Julie ^a   Kosro, P Michael ^a   Perlin, Natalie ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a   Wheeler, Patricia A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COPEPODA;

EID: 27744605986     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224005774464238     Document Type: Article

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