Hierarchical and dynamic seascapes: A quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-304

  Kavanaugh, Maria T ^a,b   Hales, Burke ^b   Saraceno, Martin ^c,d   Spitz, Yvette H ^b   White, Angelicque E ^b   Letelier, Ricardo M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Models; North Pacific; Pelagic environment; Seascapes; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; PELAGIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASCAPES; SEASONAL VARIATION; CLASSIFICATION EFFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); ECOSYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84891022126     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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