Summer plankton production and nutrient consumption patterns in the Mertz Glacier Region of East Antarctica

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1393-1414

  Sambrotto, Raymond N ^a   Matsuda, Akiko ^a   Vaillancourt, Robert ^a   Brown, Matthew ^b   Langdon, Christopher ^a   Jacobs, Stanley S ^a   Measures, Christopher ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; ICE; MELTING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS;

NUTRIENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANKTON; POLYNYA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SILICIC ACID;

ANTARCTICA; GEORGE V LAND;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0037534237     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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