New chemical, bio-optical and physical observations of upper ocean response to the passage of a mesoscale eddy off Bermuda

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C7, 1999, Pages 15537-15548

  McNeil, J D ^a   Jannasch, H W ^b   Dickey, T ^a   McGillicuddy, D ^c   Brzezinski, M ^a   Sakamoto, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0033407553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900137     Document Type: Article

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