Phytoplankton productivity and the carbon cycle in the western equatorial pacific under El Nino and non-El Nino conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 1951-1978

  Mackey, D J ^a   Parslow, J S ^a   Griffiths, F B ^a   Higgins, H W ^a   Tilbrook, B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; EL NINO; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031399257     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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