Photosynthetic community responses to upwelling in mesoscale eddies in the subtropical North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1310-1320

  Bibby, Thomas S ^a   Gorbunov, Maxim Y ^a   Wyman, Kevin W ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Oceanic eddies; Physiology; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICS; WELL STIMULATION;

ATLANTIC; CYCLONIC EDDIES; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IN-SITU; MESO SCALE EDDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); NORTH PACIFIC (CO); PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; REPETITION RATES; TOWED VEHICLE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CYCLONE; DIATOM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 44849101144     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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