Fronts and habitat zones in the Scotia Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-24

  Venables, Hugh ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^a   Atkinson, Angus ^a   Ward, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Argo; Dynamic height; Fronts; Habitat zonation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ALTIMETRY; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ARGO; CHLOROPHYLL DISTRIBUTION; FRONTS; HABITAT ZONATION; INTERANNUAL; IRON SOURCES; LONGITUDINAL EFFECT; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POLAR FRONT; SCOTIA SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBSURFACE DATA; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEA ICE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARGO; CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEIGHT; HYDROGRAPHY; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC FRONT; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855961282     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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