A new transportable floating mesocosm platform with autonomous sensors for real-time data acquisition and transmission for studying the pelagic food web functioning

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 11, Issue JULY, 2013, Pages 394-409

  Mostajir, Behzad ^a,b   Le Floc'h, Emilie ^a,b   Mas, Sébastien ^a,b   Pete, Romain ^a   Parin, David ^a,b   Nouguier, Jean ^a   Fouilland, Eric ^a   Vidussi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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EID: 84884305915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2013.11.394     Document Type: Article

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