A quantitative analysis of sources for summertime phytoplankton variability over 18 years in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) region

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1230-1241

  Hewes, C D ^a   Reiss, C S ^b   Holm Hansen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Climate; Gradient analysis; Iron; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Upper mixed layer

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; CLIMATE; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; UPPER MIXED LAYER;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

IRON ANALYSIS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE VARIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 67649696913     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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