Phytoplankton microstructure in fully developed oceanic turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Yamazaki, Hidekatsu ^a   Mitchell, James G ^b   Seuront, Laurent ^b,c   Wolk, Fabian ^d   Li, Hua ^e  

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

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d Rockland Oceanographic Services Inc   (Canada)

^e Alec Electronics Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

BIOPHYSICAL MICROSTRUCTURE; OCEANIC TURBULENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON MICROSTRUCTURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33644621296     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024103     Document Type: Article

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