Oceanic and atmospheric influences on the variability of phytoplankton bloom in the Southwestern Indian Ocean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-229

  Raj, Roshin P ^a,b   Peter, Benny N ^c   Pushpadas, Dhanya ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

ENSO; Geostrophic flow; Mesoscale eddies; Phytoplankton bloom; Planetary waves; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CYCLONIC EDDY; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EAST COAST; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; MADAGASCAR; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PLANETARY WAVES; REANALYSIS; SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOW PATTERN; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANETARY WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE BASIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 77955272545     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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