Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) growth and timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom on the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-129

  Fuentes Yaco, C ^a,b   Koeller, P A ^a   Sathyendranath, S ^a,b   Platt, T ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Labrador; Newfoundland; Northwest Atlantic; Ocean colour; Pandalus borealis; Phytoplankton; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS; Shrimp; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; JUVENILE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 33847420169     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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