Net community production and export from Seaglider measurements in the North Atlantic after the spring bloom

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6121-6139

  Alkire, Matthew B ^a   Lee, Craig ^a   D'Asaro, Eric ^a   Perry, Mary Jane ^b   Briggs, Nathan ^b   Cetinic, Ivona ^b   Gray, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon export; net community production; North Atlantic; Seagliders

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORESCENCE; NANOPLANKTON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PICOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84927614387     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010105     Document Type: Article

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