Predicting rates of primary production in the vicinity of the Subtropical Convergence east of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-455

  Gall, Mark ^a   Hawes, Ian ^a   Boyd, Philip ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Modelling; New Zealand; P E; Photosynthesis; Subtropical Convergence

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032738097     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516890     Document Type: Article

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