Phytoplankton, nutrients and hydrography in the frontal zone between the Southwest Indian Subtropical gyre and the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2341-2367

  Read, J F ^a   Lucas, M I ^a   Holley, S E ^a   Pollard, R T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

35 45 S, 30 50 E; Hydrography; Nutrients; Oceanic Fronts; Phytoplankton; Southwest Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLOW KINETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; WATER SAMPLING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FRONT; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MASS;

(SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033820757     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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