Estimation of new production in the North Sea: Consequences for temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 574-580

  Richardson, Katherine ^a   Bo Pedersen, Flemming ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fronts; Inter annual variability; New production; North Sea; Nutrient availability; Seasonal stratification; Spring bloom; Subsurface chlorophyll peaks; Total production

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032144947     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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