Estimating the sensitivity of the subantarctic zone to environmental change: The SAZ-Sense project

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2051-2058

  Bowie, Andrew R ^a   Trull, Thomas W ^a,b,c   Dehairs, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 80052757982     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.034     Document Type: Editorial

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