Seasonal variability of chlorophyll a in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1640-1650

  Xu, Yi ^a   Chant, Robert ^a   Gong, Donglai ^a   Castelao, Renato ^b   Glenn, Scott ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid Atlantic Bight; Ocean color; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 81155161967     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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