Anomalous winter winds decrease 2014 transition zone productivity in the NE Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 428-431

  Whitney, Frank A ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; northeast Pacific Ocean; ocean productivity; SST; transition zone

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MAMMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SST; TRANSITION ZONES; WIND-DRIVEN TRANSPORT;

NUTRIENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRANSITION ZONE; WIND FIELD; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84923633563     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062634     Document Type: Article

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