Global distribution of summer chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic gyres

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-134

  Wilson, Cara ^a   Qiu, Xuemei ^a,b  

^a NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrient cycles; Oligotrophic gyres; Phytoplankton blooms; Rhizosolenia mats; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; NEON; NITROGEN; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIAN OCEANS; LAND MASSES; MADAGASCAR; OLIGOTROPHIC GYRES; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; SEAWIFS; TRICHODESMIUM; WATER COLUMN (WC);

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUMMER; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; RHIZOSOLENIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 47049114180     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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