An episodic chlorophyll plume on the West Florida Shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1201-1207

  Gilbes, Fernando ^a   Tomas, Carmelo ^b   Walsh, John J ^a   Müller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLS; CZCS; CZCS DATA; EPISODIC FORMATION; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PLUMES;

GULF OF MEXICO, WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 0029751804     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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