Modeling the influence of low-salinity water inflow on winter-spring phytoplankton dynamics in the Nova Scotian Shelf-Gulf of Maine region

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1399-1416

  Ji, Rubao ^a,e   Davis, Cabell S ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^b,e   Townsend, David W ^c   Mountain, David G ^d   Beardsley, Robert C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INFLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEAWIFS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; SCOTIA SHELF;

ALGAE;

EID: 56749096996     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn091     Document Type: Article

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