Climate variability and phytoplankton composition in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Rousseaux, Cecile S ^a,b   Gregg, Watson W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

CHLOROPHYTES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COCCOLITHOPHORES; EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; NIA;

EID: 84867520751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008083     Document Type: Article

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