Hindcast of the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the strait of Georgia, 1968-2010

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-13

  Allen, S E ^a   Wolfe, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HINDCASTS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; WINTER STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; STORMS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84880956447     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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