Mixing and phytoplankton bloom in the wake of the Marquesas Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3121-3124

  Signorini, Sergio R ^a,b   McClain, Charles R ^b   Dandonneau, Yves ^c,d  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; HEAT FLUX; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

HYDROTHERMAL FLUXES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; WAKE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033569027     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010470     Document Type: Article

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