Distribution and recurrence of phytoplankton blooms around South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-231

  Borrione, I ^a   Schlitzer, R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTICA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84872727995     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-217-2013     Document Type: Article

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