Timing of nutrient depletion, diatom dominance and a lower-boundary estimate of export production for Irminger Basin, North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-84

  Henson, Stephanie A ^a,b   Sanders, Richard ^a   Holeton, Claire ^a,c   Allen, John T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community composition; Export production; SeaWiFS; Silica depletion; Spring bloom timing

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SILICA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; ICELAND; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 33745635368     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313073     Document Type: Article

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