@article{fdi:010056622,
  title = {{C}hlorophyll bloom in the western {P}acific at the end of the 1997-1998 {E}l {N}ino : the role of the {K}iribati {I}slands},
  author = {{M}essi{\'e}, {M}. and {R}adenac, {M}arie-{H}{\'e}l{\`e}ne and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {M}archesiello, {P}atrick},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}uring the transition between {E}l {N}ino and {L}a {N}ina conditions in 1998, a dramatic bloom occurred near the equator around 170 degrees {E}, with chlorophyll concentrations reaching more than 0.8 mg m(-3) in {M}ay. {P}revious studies attributed this bloom to a wind-driven upwelling and to the shoaling of the {E}quatorial {U}ndercurrent ({EUC}), but they did not explain its particular location near the {K}iribati {I}slands. {B}y combining simulations with observations, we determined that these islands were able to locally disrupt the physical dynamics and the nutrient fields to the extent that they were directly responsible for the location and the amazing strength of the bloom. {O}ur results suggest that an island mass effect was responsible for generating the bloom, while the barrier formed by the islands increased {EUC} shoaling to the west of them, which explained the bloom peak.},
  keywords = {{PACIFIQUE} ; {KIRIBATI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {14},
  pages = {{L}14601 -- {NIL}_1--{NIL}_5},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1029/2006{GL}026033},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010056622},
}