Subsurface Chlorophyll-a Maxima in the Southern Ocean

Our review of the literature has revealed Southern Ocean subsurface chlorophyll-a maxima (SCMs) to be an annually recurrent feature throughout the basin. Most of these SCMs are different to the “typical” SCMs observed in the tropics, which are maintained by the nutrient-light co-limitation of phytop...

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Main Authors: Kimberlee Baldry, Peter G. Strutton, Nicole A. Hill, Philip W. Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00671/full