Phenology of Trichodesmium spp. blooms in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia, from the ESA-MERIS 10-year mission

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Blondeau-Patissier, David, Brando, Vittorio Ernesto, Lønborg, Christian, Leahy, Susannah M., Dekker, Arnold G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agriculture and the environment; Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate; Conservation of natural resources; Great Barrier Reef; Fishery conservation; Fishery meteorology. Climatic factors; Australia; Cape York; Fitzroy; Gam; Mackay; North Cape
• Online Access: http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/9420/

Trichodesmium, a filamentous bloom-forming marine cyanobacterium, plays a key role in the biogeochemistry of oligotrophic ocean regions because of the ability to fix nitrogen. Naturally occurring in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the contribution of Trichodesmium to the nutrient budget may be of the...