The generation of phytoplankton patchiness by mesoscale current patterns

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 58-70

  Fennel, Katja ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coupled model; Mesoscale eddy; Phytoplankton patchiness; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543020009     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-001-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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