Primary production associated with the Florida Current along the East Florida Shelf: Weekly to seasonal variability from mesoscale-resolution biophysical simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Fiechter, J ^a,b   Mooers, C N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITRATES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; NITRATE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 38949194944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003576     Document Type: Article

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