Picophytoplankton and nanophytoplankton abundance and distribution in the southeastern Beaufort Sea (Mackenzie Shelf and Amundsen Gulf) during Fall 2002

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 978-993

  Schloss, Irene R ^a   Nozais, Christian ^b   Mas, Sébastien ^a   van Hardenberg, Bon ^c   Carmack, Eddy ^c   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^d   Brugel, Sonia ^a   Demers, Serge ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Fv Fm, Chlorophyll fluorescence; Mackenzie River; Nanophytoplankton; Picophytoplankton; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NITRATES; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BEAUFORT SEA; FV/FM, CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; MACKENZIE RIVER; NANOPHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MASSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORESCENCE; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 55849143674     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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