Phytoplankton spring and fall blooms in the North Atlantic in the 1980s and 2000s

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Martinez, Elodie ^a   Antoine, David ^a   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a   De Boyer Montegut C ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHLOROPHYLL A; IN-SITU DATA; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPRING BLOOMS; UPPER LAYER;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; AMPLITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; LATITUDE; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 81755161235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006836     Document Type: Article

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