Quantification of Southern Ocean phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity via satellite observations and biogeochemical models

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-265

  Strutton, P G ^a,b   Lovenduski, N S ^c   Mongin, M ^d   Matear, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

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