Mesoscale variability in the metabolic balance of the Sargasso Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2675-2689

  Mouriño Carballido, Beatriz ^a,b   McGillicuddy Jr , Dennis J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845414128     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2675     Document Type: Article

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