Optical gradients and phytoplankton production in the Mackenzie River and the coastal Beaufort Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-379

  Retamal, Leira ^a,c   Bonilla, Sylvia ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Estuary; Light; Optics; Phytoplankton; Primary production; River

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER; TRANSITION ZONE; TURBIDITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 38049022636     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0365-0     Document Type: Article

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