Winter-spring dynamics in sea-ice carbon cycling in the coastal Arctic Ocean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 918-932

  Riedel, Andrea ^a,b   Michel, Christine ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^a   LeBlanc, Bernard ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon cycling; Dissolved organic carbon; DOC; EPS; Exopolymeric substances; Ice algae; Mackenzie Shelf; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; CARBON CYCLING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; EPS; EXOPOLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; ICE ALGAE; MACKENZIE SHELF;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXOPOLYMER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEA ICE; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; MACKENZIE SHELF;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 55649085262     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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