Summer Diatom Blooms in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: 2008–2009
Figure 1
Cruise tracks for 2008 and 2009.
Surface salinity data from the ship’s underway sampling system is color coded along the shiptrack. The climatological mean position of the subtropical front [48], [49] is shaded in light grey. Bloom areas were derived from ocean color data (see text for details).