Influence of the Amazon River discharge on the biogeography of phytoplankton communities in the western tropical north Atlantic

• Main Authors: Goes, J., Gomes, H., Chekalyuk, A., Carpenter, E., Montoya, J., Coles, V., Yager, P., Berelson, W., Capone, D., Foster, R., Steinberg, D., Subramaniam, A., Hafez, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Alf; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-C608-7; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-E6C0-D

d An Advanced Laser Fluorometer (ALF) capable of discriminating several phytoplankton pigment types was utilized in conjunction with microscopic data to map the distribution of phytoplankton communities in the Amazon River plume in May-June-2010, when discharge from the river was at its peak. Cluste...