Primary production, new production, and growth rate in the equatorial Pacific: Changes from mesotrophic to oligotrophic regime

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Le Bouteiller, Aubert ^a   Leynaert, Aude ^b   Landry, Michael R ^c   Le Borgne, Robert ^a   Neveux, Jacques ^a,d   Rodier, Martine ^a   Blanchot, Jean ^e   Brown, Susan L ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^e IRD Sainte Clotilde   (France)

Author keywords

Equatorial upwelling; Growth rate; Iron; New production; Pacific Ocean; Primary production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 1842766182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000914     Document Type: Article

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