A simple optical index shows spatial and temporal heterogeneity in phytoplankton community composition during the 2008 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2179-2194

  Cetinic I ^a   Perry, M J ^a   D'Asaro, E ^b   Briggs, N ^a   Poulton, N ^c   Sieracki, M E ^d   Lee, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84927740362     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2179-2015     Document Type: Article

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