Annual cycles and spring blooms in phytoplankton: Don't abandon Sverdrup completely

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 443, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-50

  Chiswell, Stephen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Critical depth; Phytoplankton; Remote sensing; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALGAE;

EID: 84555219766     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09453     Document Type: Article

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