Particle aggregation at the edges of anticyclonic eddies and implications for distribution of biomass

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-400

  Samuelsen, A ^a   Hjollo S S ^b   Johannessen, J A ^a,c   Patel, R ^b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGGREGATION; ANTICYCLONE; BIOMASS; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SWIMMING; TRACKING;

EID: 84881110799     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-389-2012     Document Type: Article

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