Phytoplankton phenology in the global ocean
Title | Phytoplankton phenology in the global ocean |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Racault, M-F, Le Quéré, C, Buitenhuis, ET, Sathyendranath, S, Platt, T |
Journal | Ecological Indicators |
Volume | 14 |
Start Page | 152 |
Pagination | 152–163 |
Keywords | phytoplankton |
Abstract | In recent years, phytoplankton phenology has been proposed as an indicator to monitor systematically the state of the pelagic ecosystem and to detect changes triggered by perturbation of the environmental conditions. Here we describe the phenology of phytoplankton growth for the world ocean using remotesensing |