Vertical flux of phytoplankton and particulate biogenic matter in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea in May 1993

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-14

  Andreassen, Inger J ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Phytoplankton; Spring bloom; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA;

CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS; PHAEOCYSTIS; PROTOZOA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0032480224     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170001     Document Type: Article

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