Phytoplankton production by remote sensing in the region off Cabo Corrientes, Mexico

Hidrobiologica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-192

  López Sandoval, Daffne C ^a   Lara Lara, José Rubén ^b   Álvarez Borrego, Saúl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cabo Corrientes; Eastern tropical pacific; Modeled primary productivity; Satellite chlorophyll; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961030975     PISSN: 01888897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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