Abandoning sverdrup's critical depth hypothesis on phytoplankton blooms

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 977-989

  Behrenfeld, Michael J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical depth hypothesis; Grazing; Growth rates; North atlantic; Phytoplankton blooms; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAL BLOOM; DEPTH DETERMINATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHOALING WAVE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77951182981     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1207.1     Document Type: Article

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