Long-term and regional variability of phytoplankton biomass in the Northeast Atlantic (1960-1995)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-49

  Edwards, Martin ^a,b   Reid, Philip ^a   Planque, Benjamin ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous Plankton Recorder; Long term trends; NAO; Northeast Atlantic; Phytoplankton biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECADAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035007467     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0987     Document Type: Article

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