Surface chlorophyll blooms
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Synoptic scale analysis of mechanisms driving surface chlorophyll dynamics in the North Atlantic A. S. A. Ferreira, H. Hátún, F. Counillon, M. R. Payne, and A. W. Visser Centre for Ocean Life, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Faroe Marine Research Institute, Nóatún 1, P.O. Box 3051, FO 110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Thormøhlensgate 47, Bergen, Norway
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