Seasonal variation and spatial distribution of phyto- and protozooplankton in the central Barents Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 47-75

  Rat'kova, Tatjana N ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Barents Sea; Microbial loop; Microplankton; Nanoplankton; Picoplankton; Seasonal succession; Top down regulation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE;

WATER COLUMN;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA;

CHAETOCEROS SOCIALIS; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036890742     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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