Introduction to special section on Analysis of Zooplankton Distributions Using the Optical Plankton Counter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Vanderploeg, Henry A ^a   Roman, Michael R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSORS;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 33745861978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003598     Document Type: Article

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