Seasonal chlorophyll a fluxes between the coastal Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 337, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-61

  Martin, Maureen A ^a   Fram, Jon P ^b   Stacey, Mark T ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a physical transport; Phytoplankton ecology; San Francisco Bay; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 34548233173     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps337051     Document Type: Article

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