Figure 3. Global map showing 64 LMEs and their estimated average annual primary productivity. (Estimates are based on SeaWIFS satellite data collected between September 1998 and August 1999, and the model developed by Behrenfeld and Falkowski (1997). The color-enhanced image (provided by courtesy of Rutgers University) depicts a shaded gradient of primary productivity from a high of 450 gCm-2yr-1 in red to <45 gCm-2yr-1 in purple.)
