Differences in December Phytoplankton Abundances Are Visualized for Three Years (IMAGE)

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Differences in December Phytoplankton Abundances Are Visualized for Three Years

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Differences in December phytoplankton abundances are visualized for three years: during the strong East Pacific El Nino of 1997 (using SeaWiFS satellite data), during a normal year in 2013 (using data from MODIS on the Aqua satellite), and during the strong Central Pacific El Nino of 2015 (MODIS/Aqua).

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