Large-scale circulation around the Crozet Plateau controls an annual phytoplankton bloom in the Crozet Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 1915-1929

  Pollard, R T ^a   Venables, H J ^a   Read, J F ^a   Allen, J T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40 50 S; 40 60 E; Algal blooms; Altimetry; Circulation; Crozet Plateau; Drifters; Hydrography; Polar Frontal Zone; Southern Ocean; Subsurface drifters

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; IRON; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; HYDROGRAPHY; SUBSURFACE DRIFTERS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTICYCLONE; DRIFTER; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC FRONT; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CROZET BASIN; CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

ALGAE;

EID: 35348824162     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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