Phytoplankton phenology in the global ocean

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-163

  Racault, Marie Fanny ^a,b   Le Quéré, Corinne ^b,c   Buitenhuis, Erik ^b   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a   Platt, Trevor ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate forcing; Ecological indicator; Interannual variability; Phytoplankton phenology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLOSE COUPLING; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL OCEAN; GROWING PERIOD; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW-AMPLITUDE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; O-CONDITIONS; OCEAN-COLOUR; OSCILLATION INDEX; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUMMER MONTHS; WATER MIXING; WORLD OCEAN;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ECOSYSTEMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE FORCING; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL OCEAN; GROWTH RATE; INSOLATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN COLOR; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80053362935     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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