Phytoplankton phenology and production around Iceland and Faroes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-25

  Zhai, Li ^a   Gudmundsson, Kristinn ^b   Miller, Peter ^c   Peng, Wenjun ^a   Gufinnsson, Hafsteinn ^b   Debes, Høgni ^d   Hátún, Hjálmar ^d   White, George N ^a   Hernández Walls, Rafael ^e   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^c   Platt, Trevor ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Faroes; Iceland; Phenology; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; COLOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER COLUMN;

FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND;

EID: 84859000518     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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