A phytoplankton class-specific primary production model applied to the Kerguelen Islands region (Southern Ocean)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-560

  Uitz, Julia ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   Griffiths, F Brian ^b,c   Ras, Joséphine ^a   Garcia, Nicole ^d   Sandroni, Valérie ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Algal pigments; Class specific primary production; Kerguelen Islands; Phytoplankton community composition; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; IRON COMPOUNDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PAINT; PORPHYRINS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ALGAL PIGMENTS; CLASS-SPECIFIC PRIMARY PRODUCTION; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 61549095811     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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