Influence of ocean freshening on shelf phytoplankton dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Ji, Rubao ^a   Davis, Cabell S ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^b   Townsend, David W ^c   Mountain, David G ^d   Beardsley, Robert C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; OCEAN FRESHENING;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 39549116120     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032010     Document Type: Article

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