Patchy productivity in the open ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 9-1-9-9

  Martin, Adrian P ^a   Richards, Kelvin J ^a   Bracco, Annalisa ^b   Provenzale, Antonello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eddies; Mesoscale; Mixing; Patchiness; Plankton; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; MIXING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPEN OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

EID: 0036626595     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001449     Document Type: Article

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