Biohydro-optical classification of the northwestern Indian ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-15

  Brock, John C ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^b   Platt, Trevor ^b  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Indian Ocean; Modeling; Phytoplankton ecosystems; Primary production; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LANKTON ECOSYSTEM; MODELLING; OPTICAL CLASSIFICAITON; OPTICAL CLASSIFICATION; PLANKTON ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION ESTIMATION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032493096     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165001     Document Type: Article

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