Study of the phytoplankton plume dynamics off the Crozet Islands (Southern Ocean): A geochemical-physical coupled approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2227-2237

  Sanial, Virginie ^a   Van Beek, Pieter ^a   Lansard, Bruno ^b   D'Ovidio, Francesco ^c   Kestenare, Elodie ^a   Souhaut, Marc ^a   Zhou, Meng ^d   Blain, Stéphane ^e  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

altimetry; Crozet Islands; GEOTRACES; iron fertilization; radium; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIUM; SURFACE WATERS;

ALTIMETRY; CROZET ISLANDS; GEOTRACES; IRON FERTILIZATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IRON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALTIMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; RADIUM; TRACER; WATER EXCHANGE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84900551748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009305     Document Type: Article

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