Parameterization of vertical chlorophyll a in the Arctic Ocean: Impact of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum on regional, seasonal, and annual primary production estimates

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4383-4404

  Ardyna, M ^a,b   Babin, M ^a,b   Gosselin, M ^c   Devred, E ^a,b   Belanger S ^d   Matsuoka, A ^a,b   Tremblay, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPENSATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOMOGENEITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880151536     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4383-2013     Document Type: Article

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