Establishing a global climatology of marine phytoplankton phenological characteristics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Sapiano, M R P ^a   Brown, C W ^b   Schollaert Uz, S ^a   Vargas, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL EXTENT;

PHENOLS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWIFS;

EID: 84865463157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007958     Document Type: Article

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