Strong enhancement of chlorophyll a concentration by a weak typhoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-50

  Sun, Liang ^a,b   Yang, Yuan Jian ^c   Xian, Tao ^a   Lu, Zhu Min ^d   Fu, Yun Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forcing time; SCS; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TYPHOON; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77954109569     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08477     Document Type: Article

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