Spring bloom development in the marginal ice zone and the central Barents Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 321-346

  Wassmann, Paul ^a   Ratkova, Tatjana ^b   Andreassen, Inger ^a   Vernet, Maria ^c   Pedersen, Gunnar ^b   Rey, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Marginal ice zone; Phytoplankton; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE ALGA; ICE MARGIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BARENTS SEA;

CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0033379631     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.2034081.x     Document Type: Article

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