Spring and summer blooms of phytoplankton (SeaWiFS/MODIS) along a ferry line in the Bay of Biscay and western English Channel

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1111-1122

  Garcia Soto, Carlos ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Santander   (Spain)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Cantabrian shelf; Dinoflagellate bloom; Remote sensing; Spring bloom; Western English Channel

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWIFS; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; BILBAO; ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTSMOUTH [ENGLAND]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VIZCAYA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 64449087759     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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