Plankton distributions related to hydrography and circulation dynamics on a narrow continental shelf off Northern Norway

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-392

  Skardhamar, Jofrid ^a,b   Slagstad, Dag ^c   Edvardsen, Are ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^d Helse Nord IKT   (Norway)

Author keywords

fjord shelf exchange; front; Northern Norwegian continental shelf; numerical modelling; oceanography; plankton distribution

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FJORD; FRONT; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34748815644     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.044     Document Type: Article

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