Mining a sea of data: Deducing the environmental controls of ocean chlorophyll

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Irwin, Andrew J ^a   Finkel, Zoe V ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; LIGHT; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 57049179647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003836     Document Type: Article

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