Contrasting primary production regimes around South Georgia, Southern Ocean: Large blooms versus high nutrient, low chlorophyll waters

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 721-738

  Korb, Rebecca E ^a   Whitehouse, Mick ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HNLC; Phytoplankton blooms; Primary production; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ISLANDS; NUTRIENT DEPLETIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWIFS;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 1942438171     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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