Ocean annual phytoplankton carbon and new production, and annual export production estimated with empirical equations and CZCS data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-72

  Iverson, Richard L ^a   Esaias, Wayne E ^b   Turpie, Kevin ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical; Equations; Export; Ocean; Phytoplankton; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CORRELATION; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0034091887     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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