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Science 30 November 1984:
Vol. 226. no. 4678, pp. 1069 - 1071
DOI: 10.1126/science.226.4678.1069
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Satellite Color Observations of the Phytoplankton Distribution in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the 1982-1983. El Niño

GENE FELDMAN 1, DENNIS CLARK 2, and DAVID HALPERN 3

1 Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C. 20233
3 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington 98115

Dramatic changes in the patterns of satellite-derived pigment concentrations around the Galápagos Islands during February and March 1983 are associated with unusual oceanographic conditions observed during the 1982-1983 El Niño. The redistribution of food resources might have contributed to the reproductive failure of seabirds and marine mammals on these islands during this El Niño.

Submitted on March 6, 1984
Accepted on May 9, 1984


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