Impact of eddy-driven vertical fluxes on phytoplankton abundance in the euphotic layer

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 827-831

  Lathuiliere, Cyril ^a   Levy, Marina ^b   Echevin, Vincent ^b  

^a SHOM/HOM/REC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Mesoscale upwelling; Phytoplankton; Theoretical model; Vertical fluxes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 79953784809     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq131     Document Type: Article

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