Physical control of spring-summer phytoplankton dynamics in the North Water, April-July 1998

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 22-23, 2002, Pages 4959-4982

  Mei, Z P P ^a   Legendre, L ^a   Gratton, Y ^b   Tremblay, J É ^c   LeBlanc, B ^a   Mundy, C J ^d   Klein, B ^a   Gosselin, M ^e   Larouche, P ^f   Papakyriakou, T N ^d   Lovejoy, C ^a   Von Quillfeldt, C H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^f MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NUTRITION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SURFACE MIXED LAYER (SML);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYA; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036035690     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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