Large-scale circulation around the Crozet Plateau controls an annual phytoplankton bloom in the Crozet Basin

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Pollard, R.T., Venables, H.J., Read, J.F., Allen, J.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Indian; Pollard; S Bend; Antarc*; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/49505/

The circulation in the vicinity of the Crozet Plateau in the Southwest Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean is examined using hydrographic sections, Argo floats, surface drifters, and satellite altimetry. All four techniques confirm that a major branch of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the...