Spatial and temporal variability in phytoplankton carbon, chlorophyll, and nitrogen in the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Xiu, Peng ^a   Chai, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN-SCALE CIRCULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; C:N RATIO; COMPLEX EFFECTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DRIVING MECHANISM; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH LATITUDES; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM TREND; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL RESULTS; NORTH PACIFIC; NUTRIENT LEVELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL SCALE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84870416167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008067     Document Type: Article

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