Variations in hydrography, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the marginal ice-zone and the central Barents Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-29

  Reigstad, Marit ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^a   Wexels Riser, Christian ^a   Øygarden, Sigrid ^a   Rey, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Chlorophyll a; Hydrography; Marginal ice zone; New production; Nutrients; Seasonal and interannual variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; SALINE WATER; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; NUTRIENT;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0036891140     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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