Spatial and temporal distribution of Trichodesmium blooms in the world's oceans

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Westberry, Toby K ^a,b   Siegel, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLOBAL OCEAN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 37349027292     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002673     Document Type: Article

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