What causes the sporadic phytoplankton bloom southeast of Madagascar?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Uz, Baris Mete ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 36248974628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003685     Document Type: Article

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