Biogeochemical climatologies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Seasonal patterns of nutrients and biomass

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 22-26, 2003, Pages 3083-3101

  Smith Jr , Walker O ^a   Dinniman, Michael S ^b   Klinck, John M ^b   Hofmann, Eileen ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NUTRITION; SURFACE WATERS;

MACRONUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0348077443     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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