Last glacial maximum (LGM) primary productivity in the northern North Atlantic Ocean

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1299-1316

  Radi, Taoufik ^a   De Vernal, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; LABRADOR SEAS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; MODERN ANALOGUE TECHNIQUES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; REFERENCE SITES; STRATIFIED WATERS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CYST; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 59349083987     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-059     Document Type: Article

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