The spring bloom in the northwestern Sargasso Sea: Spatial extent and relationship with winter mixing

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 987-1000

  Nelson, N B ^a   Siegel, D A ^a   Yoder, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; SATELLITE DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SARGASSO SEA; WORLD;

EID: 8844234278     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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