Cold halocline, increased nutrients and higher chlorophyll off Oregon in 2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Wheeler, Patricia A ^a   Huyer, Adriana ^a   Fleischbein, Jane ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SILICATES;

COLD HALOCLINE; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; LOW OXYGEN; NUTRIENT LEVELS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; STANDING STOCKS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMNS;

CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS;

ANOMALY; CHLOROPHYLL; HALOCLINE; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242337500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017395     Document Type: Article

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