Spatial and temporal variability of SeaWiFS chlorophyll a distributions west of the Antarctic Peninsula: Implications for krill production

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 377-392

  Marrari, Marina ^a   Daly, Kendra L ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Antarctic krill; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Chlorophyll a; Climatology; Drake Passage; Euphausia superba; Marguerite Bay; Sea ice; SeaWiFS; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEA ICE; WATER;

ANTARCTIC KRILL; DRAKE PASSAGE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; DRAKE PASSAGE; MARGUERITE BAY; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 40249104593     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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