Biological and physical forcings of late summer chlorophyll blooms at 30°N in the oligotrophic Pacific

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 164-176

  Wilson, Cara ^a   Villareal, Tracy A ^b   Maximenko, Nikolai ^c   Bograd, Steven J ^a   Montoya, Joseph P ^d   Schoenbaechler, Caimee A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll blooms; Convergence zones; Diatoms; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizosolenia mats; Satellite sensing; Surface currents

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES;

CHLOROPHYLL BLOOMS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DIATOMS; RHIZOSOLENIA MATS; SATELLITE SENSING; SURFACE CURRENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; GYRE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; RHIZOSOLENIA;

EID: 36448983532     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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