Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms

Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms

One of the most dramatic large-scale features in the ocean is the seasonal greening of the North Atlantic in spring and summer due to the accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the surface layer. In 1953, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup hypothesized a now canonical mechanism for the development and timing o...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Harriet (Contributor), Sosik, Heidi (Author), Fischer, Alexis Dal (Contributor), Moberg, Emily A. (Contributor), Brownlee, Emily F. (Contributor), Hunter-Cevera, Kristen Rachel (Contributor), Pitz, Kathleen Johnson (Contributor), Rosengard, Sarah Zhou (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society, 2014-07-08T15:12:01Z.
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