Mechanisms of Physical-Biological-Biogeochemical Interaction at the Oceanic Mesoscale

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-159

  McGillicuddy, Dennis J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Eddies; Eddy pumping; Eddy driven stratification; Eddy wind interaction; Plankton diversity

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; EDDIES; EDDY-WIND INTERACTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ADVECTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EDDY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SEA WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA; WATER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84954231340     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015606     Document Type: Article

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