Does eddy-eddy interaction control surface phytoplankton distribution and carbon export in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Guidi, Lionel ^a   Calil, Paulo H R ^a,b,c   Duhamel, Solange ^a,d   Björkman, Karin M ^a   Doney, Scott C ^a,b   Jackson, George A ^e   Li, Binglin ^a   Church, Matthew J ^a   Tozzi, Sasha ^a,f,g   Kolber, Zbigniew S ^a,f,g   Richards, Kelvin J ^a   Fong, Allison A ^a   Letelier, Ricardo M ^a,h   Gorsky, Gabriel ⁱ   Stemmann, Lars ⁱ   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; CYANOBACTERIUM; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84862514101     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001984     Document Type: Article

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