The effect of the Leeuwin Current on phytoplankton biomass and production off Southwestern Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Koslow, J Anthony ^a,b   Pesant, Stephane ^c,d   Feng, Ming ^a   Pearce, Alan ^a   Fearns, Peter ^a   Moore, Thomas ^a   Matear, Richard ^a   Waite, Anya ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; MIXING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELF BREAK; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51749123541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004102     Document Type: Article

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