Phenology of marine phytoplankton from satellite ocean color measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Vargas, M ^a,c   Brown, C W ^a,b   Sapiano, M R P ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRINS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL CYCLES; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTONS; MODELING APPROACHES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; SATELLITE OCEAN COLORS; SEAWIFS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEAN COLOR; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 62749130593     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036006     Document Type: Article

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