Predicting marine phytoplankton community size structure from empirical relationships with remotely sensed variables

Abundance and species composition were determined for phytoplankton in 361 water samples collected at 12 sites: five transects from 488N to 508S in the Atlantic Ocean, the Benguela upwelling, the Bergen fjord, the Irminger Sea, Long Island Sound, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Oregon upwelling.