A seasonal diary of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Lindemann, Christian ^a   St John, Michael A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic controls; Climate change; Conceptual model; North Atlantic Ocean; Phytoplankton spring bloom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008975670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00037     Document Type: Article

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