The Cornucopia of chilly winters: Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica L., Mollusca) master chronology reveals bottom water nutrient enrichment during colder winters (North Sea)

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 165-175

  Schöne, Bernd R ^a   Kröncke, Ingrid ^b   Houk, Stephen D ^a   Freyre Castro, Antuané D ^a   Oschmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctica islandica; Dogger Bank; Hydrography; Master chronology; NAO; North sea; Nutrients; Shell growth; SST

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGRAPHY; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELL; WINTER;

DOGGER BANK; NORTH SEA;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; ARCTICIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 17344384415     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043092     Document Type: Article

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