Large-scale shifts in phytoplankton groups in the Equatorial Pacific during ENSO cycles

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-550

  Masotti, I ^a   Moulin, C ^a   Alvain, S ^b   Bopp, L ^a   Tagliabue, A ^a   Antoine, D ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN COLOR; OCTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWIFS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79952385052     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-539-2011     Document Type: Article

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