Seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the eastern tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12389-12411

  Monger, Bruce ^a,d   McClain, Charles ^b   Murtugudde, Ragu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE COLOUR SCANNER; CZCS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PIGMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSING; SEASONAL DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL EAST);

EID: 0030692727     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03982     Document Type: Article

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