Physical forcing and nutrient conditions associated with patterns of Chl a and phytoplankton productivity in the southeastern Bering Sea during summer

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 16-17, 2008, Pages 1745-1760

  Sambrotto, Raymond N ^a   Mordy, Calvin ^b   Zeeman, Stephan I ^c   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^d   Macklin, S Allen ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal features; Iron limitation; Nutrients (mineral); Physical biological coupling; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; FRONTAL FEATURES; IRON LIMITATION; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; NUTRIENTS (MINERAL); PHYSICAL FORCING; PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL COUPLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

NUTRIENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUMMER;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 52049102651     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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