The role of the Leeuwin Current and mixed layer depth on the autumn phytoplankton bloom off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-35

  Rousseaux, Cecile S G ^a   Lowe, Ryan ^a   Feng, Ming ^b   Waite, Anya M ^a   Thompson, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern Indian Ocean; ENSO; Leeuwin Current; Mixed layer depth; Ningaloo Reef; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAZING; IRRADIANCE; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 83555162534     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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