A viscosity-enhanced mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7255, 2009, Pages 624-626

  Katija, Kakani ^a   Dabiri, John O ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; VISCOSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; JELLYFISH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCYPHOZOA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RHEOLOGY; SCYPHOZOA; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 67949120363     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08207     Document Type: Article

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