Failure to bloom: Intense upwelling results in negligible phytoplankton response and prolonged CO2 outgassing over the Oregon shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1446-1461

  Evans, Wiley ^a,b   Hales, Burke ^c   Strutton, Peter G ^d   Shearman, R Kipp ^c   Barth, John A ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

coastal upwelling; outgassing; phytoplankton bloom; sea air CO2 fluxes; SST fronts; subduction

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WIND VELOCITY;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85027943928     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010580     Document Type: Article

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