Near-surface phytoplankton distribution in the western Intra-Americas Sea: The influence of El Niño and weather events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C6, 2000, Pages 14029-14043

  González, Nelson Melo ^a,d   Müller Karger, Frank E ^b   Estrada, Sergio Cerdeira ^a,d   De Los Reyes, Roberto Ṕerez ^a,d   Del Río, Iván Victoria ^a,d   Pérez, Pedro Cárdenas ^c   Arenal, Ida Mitrani ^c  

^a CIE   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Instituto de Meteorologia de la Republica de Cuba   (Cuba)

^d NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0033664730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900017     Document Type: Article

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