What factors are driving summer phytoplankton blooms in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  White, Angelicque E ^a   Spitz, Yvette H ^a   Letelier, Ricardo M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GYRE; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

RICHELIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 38949198680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004129     Document Type: Article

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