Hyperproductivity of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) polynya during austral spring

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Smith Jr , Walker O ^a   Gordon, Louis I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; BUDGET CONTROL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AUSTRAL SPRING PRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; POLYNYA;

MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA ICE;

AUSTRAL SPRING; HYPERPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYAS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ROSS SEA;

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STANDING STOCKS;

EID: 0031079771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03926     Document Type: Article

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