Zooplankton distribution and cross-shelf transfer of carbon in an area of complex mesoscale circulation in the northern California Current

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-231

  Keister, J E ^a   Peterson, W T ^b   Pierce, S D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Carbon cycling; Mesoscale circulation; Upwelling filaments; Zooplankton distributions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUBMARINES;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CARBON CYCLING; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING FILAMENTS; ZOOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS;

JETS;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CRESCENT CITY; NEWPORT [OREGON]; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 58149289833     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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