Satellite monitoring of the evolution of a coccolithophorid bloom in the southern Benguela upwelling system

Oceanography

Volumn 17, Issue SPL.ISS. 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Weeks, Scarla J ^a   Pitcher, Grant C ^b   Bernard, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

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EID: 33744802427     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2004.70     Document Type: Article

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