Lack of seasonality in phytoplankton standing stock (chlorophyll a) and production in the western Bay of Bengal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1868-1883

  Madhu, N V ^a   Jyothibabu, R ^a   Maheswaran, P A ^b   John Gerson, Vijay ^a   Gopalakrishnan, T C ^a   Nair, K K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Chlorophyll a; Primary production; Thermal inversion; Trichodesmium; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYCNOCLINE; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 33748417835     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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