A summer phytoplankton bloom triggered by high wind events in the Labrador Sea, July 2006

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Yongsheng ^a   Platt, Trevor ^a   Tang, Charles C L ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Devred, Emmanuel ^a   Gu, Shue ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; STORMS;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; EKMAN PUMPING; EUPHOTIC LAYERS; EUPHOTIC ZONES; HIGH WINDS; LABRADOR SEAS; MIXED LAYERS; MODEL RESULTS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; RE SUPPLIES; WIND EVENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; EKMAN PUMPING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 58049118936     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033561     Document Type: Article

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