Primary production and implications for metabolic balance in Hawaiian lee eddies

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1300-1309

  McAndrew, Patricia M ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale eddies; Metabolic balance; North Pacific Ocean; Photosynthesis; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EDDY CURRENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MESOSCALE EDDIES; METABOLIC BALANCE; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

METABOLISM;

AUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EDDY; HETEROTROPHY; IRRADIANCE; METABOLISM; MIXING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 44749094967     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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