Temporal variability of 10-year global SeaWiFS time-series of phytoplankton chlorophyll a concentration

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1547-1556

  Vantrepotte, V ^a   Melin F ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Global scale; Seasonality; SeaWiFS; Time series; Trend

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; GYRE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 68349083244     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp107     Document Type: Article

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