Overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): A decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1405-1447

  Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Carlson, Craig A ^a   Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Johnson, Rodney J ^b   Michaels, Anthony F ^c   Knap, Anthony H ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NITROGEN; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTOZOA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 0035031806     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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