Are the spring and fall blooms on the Scotian Shelf related to short-term physical events?

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 603-625

  Greenan, B J W ^a   Petrie, B D ^a   Harrison, W G ^a   Oakey, N S ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Nutrient flux; Phytoplankton blooms; Scotian Shelf; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYTOPLANKTON; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

ALGAE;

EID: 1542291420     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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