Shutdown of convection triggers increase of surface chlorophyll

The long-standing explanation of the triggering cause of the surface increase of phytoplankton visible in spring satellite images argues that phytoplankton biomass accumulation begins once the mixed layer depths become shallower than a ‘critical depth’. However, a series of recent studies have found...

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Main Authors: Ferrari, Raffaele, Taylor, John R., Merrifield, Sophia Tiare
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97881
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-7285