Trends in ocean colour and chlorophyll concentration from 1889 to 2000, worldwide.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Marcel R Wernand, Hendrik J van der Woerd, Winfried W C Gieskes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Pacific; Indian; Kendall; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063766; https://doaj.org/article/d49048e35c6b4606bcc5f68f51526e69

Marine primary productivity is an important agent in the global cycling of carbon dioxide, a major 'greenhouse gas', and variations in the concentration of the ocean's phytoplankton biomass can therefore explain trends in the global carbon budget. Since the launch of satellite-mounted...