Characteristics of seasonal and spatial variations of primary production over the southeastern Bering Sea shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2556-2569

  Rho, TaeKeun ^a   Whitledge, Terry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual primary production; Inner front; PROBES; Seasonal cycle; SEBSCC; Southeastern Bering Sea shelf; Spring phytoplankton bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 36049026774     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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