Plankton are not passive tracers: Plankton in a turbulent environment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Currie, Warren J S ^a   Roff, John C ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLUORESCENCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 33745837011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002967     Document Type: Article

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