Summer blooms of diatom-diazotroph assemblages and surface chlorophyll in the North Pacific gyre: A disconnect

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Villareal, Tracy A ^a   Adornato, Lori ^b   Wilson, Cara ^c   Schoenbaechler, Caimee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES;

BEAM ATTENUATION; EASTERN PACIFIC; ELEVATED LEVEL; IN-SITU; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN COLOR; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; TRANSMISSOMETER; TRICHODESMIUM;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; COEXISTENCE; DIATOM; GYRE; OCEAN COLOR; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEMIAULUS; HEMIAULUS HAUCKII; MASTOGLOIA; RHIZOSOLENIA; RICHELIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 79952474243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006268     Document Type: Article

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