Remote sensing observations of winter phytoplankton blooms southwest of the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 1999, Pages 43-51

  Tang, Dan Ling ^a,d   Ni, I Hsun ^a   Kester, Dana R ^b   Müller Karger, Frank E ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CZCS; Luzon Strait; Phytoplankton blooms; South China Sea; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALGAL BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

LUZON STRAIT; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE; NIMBUS;

EID: 0033619888     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps191043     Document Type: Article

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