A case study of a phytoplankton bloom triggered by a tropical cyclone and cyclonic eddies.

Strong tropical cyclone (TC) Ockhi occurred in the southeastern Arabian Sea (AS) in 2017. Ockhi greatly changed the oceanic conditions and induced large variation in chlorophyll-a (Chl-a). The dynamic mechanisms of the long-term phytoplankton bloom after the passage of the TC were investigated in th...

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Main Authors: Haibin Lü, Xingyu Zhao, Jialong Sun, Guozhen Zha, Jingyuan Xi, Shuqun Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230394