The influence of lateral mixing on a phytoplankton bloom: Distribution in the Kerguelen Plateau region

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 963-973

  Maraldi, Claire ^a   Mongin, Mathieu ^b   Coleman, Richard ^b,c,d   Testut, Laurent ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Kerguelen Plateau; Lateral mixing; Tide

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BLOOM PATTERNS; CHLOROPHYLL-A; GENERAL CIRCULATIONS; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; LATERAL MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SEA FLOORS; SHALLOW WATERS; SPATIAL EXTENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRONG CURRENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIME-SCALE; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; TIDES;

MIXING;

ALGAL BLOOM; BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IRON; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

ALGAE;

EID: 67349148267     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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