Light driven seasonal patterns of chlorophyll and nitrate in the lower euphotic zone of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 508-519

  Letelier, Ricardo M ^a   Karl, David M ^b   Abbott, Mark R ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NITRATE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALGAE; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 2142782925     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.2.0508     Document Type: Article

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