Phytoplankton production in the North Water Polynya: Size-fractions and carbon fluxes, April to July 1998

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 256, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-27

  Mei, Zhi Ping ^a,e   Legendre, Louis ^a,b   Gratton, Yves ^c   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^d   LeBlanc, Bernard ^a   Klein, Bert ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Dissolved organic carbon; Export; North Water (NOW) Polynya; PBopt; Particulate organic carbon; Phytoplankton biomass; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NUTRIENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042631412     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps256013     Document Type: Article

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