Spatial and temporal variability of the phytoplankton carbon to chlorophyll ratio in the equatorial Pacific: A basin-scale modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Xiujun ^a   Le Borgne, Robert ^b   Murtugudde, Raghu ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a   Behrenfeld, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

CARBON BIOMASS; CARBON UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL RATIO; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; EUPHOTIC ZONE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; SCALE MODELING STUDY; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING REGION; WARM POOLS;

ALGAE CONTROL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 70349656842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004942     Document Type: Article

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