Substantial open-ocean phytoplankton blooms to the north of South Georgia, South Atlantic, during summer 1994

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 187-197

  Whitehouse, M J ^a   Priddle, J ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Brandon, M A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Zone; Carbon export; Nutrients; Phytoplankton blooms; Polar Front; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

ALGAE; ALGAL BLOOMS; BLOOM; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENTS; OPEN-OCEAN; POLAR FRONT;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029664221     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140187     Document Type: Article

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