A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1472-1483

  Brewin, Robert J W ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^b   Hirata, Takafumi ^b   Lavender, Samantha J ^a,c   Barciela, Rosa M ^d   Hardman Mountford, Nick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Ocean colour; Phytoplankton; Pigment; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS; Size

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CELL SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SETS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OCEAN-COLOUR; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; PICOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SIZE CLASS; THREE-COMPONENT MODELS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

PORPHYRINS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; OCEAN COLOR; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77952102342     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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