Remotely sensed sea-surface chlorophyll and POC flux at Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos sampling stations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 24-26, 2008, Pages 2555-2562

  Biggs, Douglas C ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^b   Müller Karger, Frank E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Interannual variation; Ocean color; Particulate organic carbon; Primary production; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; FIRE HAZARDS; FLUXES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRINS;

GULF OF MEXICO; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; OCEAN COLOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; OCEAN COLOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 57049100273     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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