Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and picoeukaryotic phytoplankton estimated mean cell abundance (cells/ml) in 1-degree grids for 25 layers from 0m to 200 m depth. Cell abundance was estimated with quantitative niche models for each lineage (Flombaum et al., 2013; Flombaum et al., 2020), inputs from the monthly mean of temperature and nitrate from the World Ocean Atlas, and PAR from MODIS-Aqua Level-3 Mapped Photosynthetically Available Radiation Data Version 2018.
Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and picoeukaryotic phytoplankton estimated mean cell abundance (cells/ml) in 1-degree grids for 25 layers from 0m to 200 m depth. Cell abundance was estimated with quantitative niche models for each lineage (Flombaum et al., 2013; Flombaum et al., 2020), inputs from the monthly mean of temperature and nitrate from the World Ocean Atlas (Boyer et al. 2013), and PAR from MODIS-Aqua Level-3 Mapped Photosynthetically Available Radiation Data Version 2018 (NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group, 2017).
For annual climatology, the annual mean represents the average of the 12 months for each grid cell.
Visintini, N., Martiny, A., Flombaum, P. (2020) Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and picoeukaryotic phytoplankton abundance climatology in the global ocean from quantitative niche models. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-05-11 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.811147.1 [access date]
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