Inter-annual variability in the timing of stratification and the spring bloom in the North-western North Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-751

  Sharples, Jonathan ^a   Ross, Oliver N ^b   Scott, Beth E ^c   Greenstreet, Simon P R ^d   Fraser, Helen ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe North Sea North western North Sea Marr Bank; Inter annual variability; Mixing processes; Modelling; Spring bloom; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33646098663     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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