Production and resuspension of planktonic foraminifers at the shelf break of the Southern Middle Atlantic Bight

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-268

  Brunner, Charlotte A ^b   Biscaye, Pierre E ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biological production; Delmarva Peninsula; Planktonic foraminifers; Resuspension; Shelf edge; Shelf edge fronts; Upwelling; USA, Middle Atlantic Bight

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENT TRAPS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FORAMINIFERA; RESUSPENSION; SHELF BREAK; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0242370741     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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