Eddy forced variations in on-and off-margin summertime circulation along the 1000-M Isobath of the northern gulf of Mexico, 2000-2003, and links with sperm whale distributions along the middle slope

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 2005, Pages 71-85

  Biggs, Douglas C ^a   Jochens, Ann E ^a   Howard, Matthew K ^a   Dimarco, Steven F ^a   Mullin, Keith D ^b   Leben, Robert R ^c   Muller Karger, Frank E ^d   Hu, Chuanmin ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 80052232052     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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