Spatial and temporal variability in nutrients and carbon uptake during 2004 and 2005 in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4369-4383

  Palacz, A P ^a,b   Chai, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BUDGET; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84880784516     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4369-2012     Document Type: Article

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