Variations of net primary productivity and phytoplankton community composition in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean as estimated from ocean color remote sensing data

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3875-3890

  Takao, S ^a   Hirawake, T ^a   Wright, S W ^b,c   Suzuki, K ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84867461720     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3875-2012     Document Type: Article

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