A whale of an opportunity: Examining the vertical structure of chlorophyll-a in high Arctic waters using instrumented marine predators

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-529

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a,b   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^b   Logsdon, Miles L ^c   Delwiche, Leon ^c   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale; Chlorophyll a; Fluorometer; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EOS; FLUOROMETRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; PREDATOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE; WHALE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 77957881756     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000903505616     Document Type: Article

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