Impact of nonlinear mesoscale eddy on phytoplankton distribution in the northern south china sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 123-124, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-40

  Liu, Fenfen ^a,b   Tang, Shilin ^a   Chen, Chuqun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoscale eddies; Nonlinearity; Phytoplankton; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NONLINEARITY; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION;

AQUACULTURE; MARINE ENGINEERING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

SEA LEVEL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; CYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; NONLINEARITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84880040027     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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