Phytoplankton chlorophyll distributions and primary production in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C12, 2000, Pages 28709-28722

  Moore, J Keith ^a,b   Abbott, Mark R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0034478188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000043     Document Type: Article

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