Suspended particles in the Canada Basin from optical and bottle data, 2003&ndash;2008

Jackson, J. M.; Allen, S. E.; Carmack, E. C.; McLaughlin, F. A.

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Suspended particles in the Canada Basin from optical and bottle data, 2003–2008

J. M. Jackson, S. E. Allen, E. C. Carmack, and F. A. McLaughlin

J. M. Jackson

Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

S. E. Allen

Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

E. C. Carmack

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P. O. Box 6000, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4B2, Canada

F. A. McLaughlin

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P. O. Box 6000, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4B2, Canada

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