Western Pacific modulation of large phytoplankton blooms in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ryan, John P ^a   Ueki, Iwao ^b   Chao, Yi ^c   Zhang, Hongchun ^c,d   Polito, Paulo S ^e   Chavez, Francisco P ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; EL NINO; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ALGAE;

EID: 34848880857     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000084     Document Type: Article

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