Phytoplankton primary productivity in the Santa Barbara Channel: Effects of wind-driven upwelling and mesoscale eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NUTRIENTS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

COASTAL UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONIC EDDY; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PARTICLE RETENTION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY DATA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELS; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOMASS; CYCLONE; DATA SET; EDDY; ENTRAINMENT; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83655191001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007397     Document Type: Article

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