Variability in global ocean phytoplankton distribution over 1979-2007

Recently, reanalysis of long-term ocean color data (CZCS and SeaWiFS; Antoine et al., 2005) has shown that world ocean average phytoplankton chlorophyll levels show an increase of 20% over the last two decades. It is however unknown whether this increase is associated with a change in the distributi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Masotti, I., Alvain, S., Moulin, C., Antoine, David
Other Authors: EGU General Assembly 2009
Format: Conference Paper
Published: EGU General Assembly 2009 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33329