A "horizontal Sverdrup mechanism" may control the spring bloom around small oceanic islands and over banks

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 352-362

  Eliasen, Sólvá K ^a   Gaard, Eilif ^a   Hansen, Bogi ^a   Larsen, Karin M H ^a  

^a Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Climate; Faroe Shelf; Horizontal exchange; Primary production; Seafloor topography; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION; WATER;

HORIZONTAL EXCHANGE; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATION; MARINE ECOLOGY; SPRING BLOOM;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 20444479462     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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