A long-term chlorophyll data set reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to nutrient trends

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 635-648

  McQuatters Gollop, Abigail ^a,b   Raitsos, Dionysios E ^a,b   Edwards, Martin ^b   Pradhan, Yaswant ^a   Mee, Laurence D ^a   Lavender, Samantha J ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWIFS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 34250870606     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0635     Document Type: Article

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