Turbulence avoidance and the wind-driven transport of plankton in the surface Ekman layer

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 670-678

  Pringle, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Gulf of Maine; Turbulence; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; EKMAN LAYER; STRATIFICATION; THRESHOLD; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENCE; UPPER OCEAN; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 33846999893     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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