Surface phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Atlantic Ocean: An assessment of basin scale variability between 50°N and 50°S

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 339-368

  Gibb, S W ^a   Barlow, R G ^a,b   Cummings, D G ^a   Rees, N W ^a   Trees, C C ^c   Holligan, P ^d   Suggett, D ^d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OCEANIC PROVINCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034117452     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(00)00007-0     Document Type: Review

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