Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6690, 1998, Pages 263-266

  McGillicuddy Jr , D J ^a   Robinson, A R ^b   Siegel, D A ^c   Jannasch, H W ^d   Johnson, R ^e   Dickey, T D ^c   McNeil, J ^c   Michaels, A F ^f   Knap, A H ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

EDDY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; MODEL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 2642676871     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28367     Document Type: Article

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