Primary production on the Faroe shelf: Temporal variability and environmental influences

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 686-697

  Debes, Høgni ^a   Gaard, Eilif ^a   Hansen, Bogi ^a  

^a Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Copepod grazing; Ecosystem; f ratio; FRRF; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALGAE CONTROL; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); ECOLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

COPEPOD GRAZING; CRITICAL DEPTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; F-RATIO; FRRF; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OCEANIC ENVIRONMENTS; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASSES; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTHS; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; REGRESSION SLOPES; REPETITION RATES; SPRING BLOOMS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 54049094334     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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