Hot-spots of primary productivity: An Alternative interpretation to Conventional upwelling models

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-158

  van Ruth, Paul D ^a,b   Ganf, George G ^b   Ward, Tim M ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Deep chlorophyll maxima; Euphotic depth; Great Australian Bight; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78049362539     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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