Simple equations to estimate ratios of new or export production to total production from satellite-derived estimates of sea surface temperature and primary production

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 9, Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages 593-601

  Laws, Edward A ^a   D'Sa, Eurico ^a   Naik, Puneeta ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855596769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.593     Document Type: Article

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