Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem

• Main Authors: Murphy, EJ, Watkins, JL, Trathan, PN, Reid, K, Meredith, MP, Hill, SL, Thorpe, SE, Johnston, NM, Clarke, A, Tarling, GA, Collins, MA, Forcada, J, Atkinson, A, Ward, P, Staniland, IJ, Pond, DW, Cavanagh, RA, Shreeve, RS, Korb, RE, Whitehouse, MJ, Rodhouse, PG, Enderlein, P, Hirst, AG, Martin, AR, Briggs, DR, Cunningham, NJ, Fleming, AH
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Scotia Sea; Levin; Longhurst; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444347241.ch6; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/119773

Analysis of the operation of ocean ecosystems requiresan understanding of how the structure of the ecosystemis determined by interactions between physical,chemical and biological processes. Such analysis needsto consider the interactions across a wide range ofspatial (approx. 10 m10,000 km) and temp...