Influence of Typhoon Matsa on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a off East China.

Typhoons can cause strong disturbance, mixing, and upwelling in the upper layer of the oceans. Rich nutrients from the subsurface layer can be brought to the euphotic layer, which will induce the phytoplankton to breed and grow rapidly. In this paper, we investigate the impact of an intense and fast...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhao, Jinchao Shao, Guoqi Han, Dezhou Yang, Jianhai Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583286?pdf=render