Distribution and recurrence of phytoplankton blooms around South Georgia, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Borrione, I., Schlitzer, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Austral; Georgia Basin; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/31983/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/31983/1/bg-10-217-2013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-217-2013; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40672; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40672.d001

South Georgia phytoplankton blooms are amongst the largest of the Southern Ocean and are associated with a rich ecosystem and strong atmospheric carbon drawdown. Both aspects depend on the intensity of blooms, but also on their regularity. Here we use data from 12 yr of SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Fie...