Enhancing the comprehension of mixed layer depth control on the Mediterranean phytoplankton phenology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3416-3430

  Lavigne, Héloïse ^a   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a   Migon, Christophe ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   Testor, Pierre ^b   D'Alcalà, Maurizio Ribera ^c   Lavezza, Rosario ^c   Houpert, Loïc ^d   Prieur, Louis ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; mixed layer depth; ocean color; phenology; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; LIGHT AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEAN COLOR; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84885107542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20251     Document Type: Article

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