The COPAS'08 expedition to the Patagonian Shelf: Physical and environmental conditions during the 2008 coccolithophore bloom

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1907-1923

  Painter, Stuart C ^a   Poulton, Alex J ^a   Allen, John T ^a   Pidcock, Rosalind ^a   Balch, William M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccolithophore bloom; Hydrographic province; Patagonian Shelf

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COCCOLITH; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIXED LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH VESSEL; SALINITY; SHELF BREAK; SUBANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); PATAGONIAN SHELF;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77958153766     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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