Mind the gap: The impact of missing data on the calculation of phytoplankton phenology metrics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cole, Harriet ^a   Henson, Stephanie ^a   Martin, Adrian ^a   Yool, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGY; BLOOMS (METAL); ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; NASA; PHENOLS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CARBON EXPORT; DATA GAP; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KNOCK-ON EFFECT; LARVAL SURVIVAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE FOOD WEB; MISSING DATA; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SATELLITE DATA SETS; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; SUN ANGLE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEAN COLOR; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84865731563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008249     Document Type: Article

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