The modulation of biological production by oceanic mesoscale turbulence

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 744, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-261

  Lévy, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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EID: 36749088436     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75215-8_9     Document Type: Review

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