A biologist's guide to assessing ocean currents: A review

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-301

  Fossette, Sabrina ^a   Putman, Nathan F ^b,c   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^c   Marsh, Robert ^d   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos; Dispersal; Ekman drift; Geostrophic; Marine mammal; Orientation; Plankton; Satellite tracking; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ARGO; DISPERSAL; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE MAMMAL; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURTLE;

EID: 84862746613     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09581     Document Type: Review

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