, Richard Geider for comments on the manuscript and Gemma Sandison and Julie Shackleford for their help with the manuscript and figures. The SeaWiFS images are courtesy of Gene Feldman. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. and the Remote Sensing Group at CCIMS, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, This research was undertaken within the framework of the Mediterranean Targeted Project (MTP) EMPS, EUROMARGE-NB and CINCS projects supported by the European Commissions's Marine Science and Technology (MAST) Programme. LITERATURE CITED, 1995.
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