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Shelf Distribution

Shelf Distribution is a biogeographical pattern in marine ecology that describes the spatial arrangement of planktonic organisms over continental shelves, distinguished from other distribution patterns by its confinement to shallow, nearshore marine environments influenced by bathymetric, hydrodynamic, and nutrient gradients.

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The Amazon shelf setting: tropical, energetic, and influenced by a large river

Charles A. Nittrouer, David J. DeMaster · Continental Shelf Research · 1996 · 212 citations

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A comparison of the physics of the northern and southern shelves of the eastern Bering Sea and some implications for the ecosystem

Phyllis J. Stabeno, Edward V. Farley, Nancy B. Kachel et al. · Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography · 2012 · 210 citations

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The North West Shelf of Australia — a Woodside Perspective

N. B. Thompson, C. Buessenschuett, L. Clydsdale et al. · 2003 · 165 citations

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Paradigm lost? Cross-shelf distributions of intertidal invertebrate larvae are unaffected by upwelling or downwelling

AL Shanks, RK Shearman · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2009 · 137 citations · Full text

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Diet and cross-shelf distribution of rabbitfishes (f. Siganidae) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: implications for ecosystem function

Andrew S. Hoey, Simon J. Brandl, David R. Bellwood · Coral Reefs · 2013 · 117 citations

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Authors

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  1. CG
    Carlos García-Soto

    Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  2. KE
    Kathleen E. Conlan

    Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  3. SK
    Stephen K. Donovan

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. AE
    Alec E. Aitken

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  5. EA
    Ed A. Hendrycks

    Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada

    2 publications · 94 citations

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Institutions

143

  1. Instituto Español de Oceanografía

    Madrid, Spain

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    212 citations

  2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    253 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    125 citations

  4. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    209 citations

  5. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    912 citations

  6. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    2 h-index

    13 publications

    523 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    445 citations

  8. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

    Rio Grande, Brazil

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    167 citations

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Venues

  1. Continental Shelf Research

    8 publications · 537 citations

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  2. Journal of Marine Systems

    6 publications · 220 citations

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  3. Journal of Plankton Research

    5 publications · 213 citations

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  4. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

    5 publications · 132 citations

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