Identification of coccolithophore blooms in the SE Atlantic Ocean off Namibia by satellites and in-situ methods

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-274

  Siegel, H ^a   Ohde, T ^a   Gerth, M ^a   Lavik, G ^b   Leipe, T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coccolithophore bloom; In situ measurements; Satellite remote sensing; Upwelling area off Namibia

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MERIS; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SULFUR; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); BENGUELA CURRENT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846077927     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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