Predicting marine phytoplankton community size structure from empirical relationships with remotely sensed variables

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Barnes, Carolyn ^a   Irigoien, Xabier ^b   De Oliveira, José A A ^a   Maxwell, David ^a   Jennings, Simon ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community; microplankton; nanoplankton; phytoplankton; picoplankton; primary production; size composition; transfer efficiency; trophic level

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 78649836732     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq088     Document Type: Article

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