Influence of the Columbia River plume on cross-shelf transport of zooplankton

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Peterson, Jay O ^a   Peterson, William T ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COLUMBIA RIVER; COLUMBIA RIVER PLUME; DENSE LAYER; EBB TIDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL FISHES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS; WIND-DRIVEN TRANSPORT;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT; TRANSLOCATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77249174145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004965     Document Type: Article

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