Phenological changes of oceanic phytoplankton in the 1980s and 2000s as revealed by remotely sensed ocean-color observations

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Antoine, David ^a,b   Martinez, Elodie ^a,b,c   Ribera D'Alcal, Maurizio ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE INDEX; COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS; DATA DISTRIBUTION; DATA SETS; GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE; INTERMEDIATE STATE; MACRO SCALE; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN-COLOR SATELLITES; PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; TIME-PERIODS;

BAND STRUCTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; FORESTRY; PHENOLS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

TROPICS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIXEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84867555341     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004269     Document Type: Article

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