Interannual variation in phytoplankton blooms and zooplankton productivity and abundance in the Gulf of Maine during winter

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 254, Issue , 2003, Pages 81-100

  Durbin, Edward G ^a   Campbell, Robert G ^a   Casas, Maria C ^a   Ohman, Mark D ^b   Niehoff, Barbara ^c   Runge, Jeffrey ^d   Wagner, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Egg production; Gulf of Maine; Phytoplankton bloom; RNA:DNA

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; EGG PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ALGAE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038378805     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps254081     Document Type: Article

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