Regional differences in the timing of the spring bloom in the Labrador Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 9-20

  Wu, Yongsheng ^a   Platt, Trevor ^a   Tang, Charles C L ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labrador Sea; Mixed layer depth; Onset time; Regional difference; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; MIXED LAYER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 41349115954     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07233     Document Type: Article

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