Turbulent supply of nutrients to phytoplankton at the New England shelf break front

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hales, Burke ^a   Hebert, Dave ^b   Marra, John ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPS; SHIPS; SILICATES; STOICHIOMETRY;

DENSITY TRANSITION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; LIGHT LEVEL; MIXING RATES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NEW ENGLAND; NITRATE FLUXES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESEARCH VESSELS; SHELF BREAK; SURFACE LAYERS; VERTICAL EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; WATER COLUMNS;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PYCNOCLINE; REDFIELD RATIO; RESEARCH VESSEL; SHELF BREAK; SILICATE; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749111725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005011     Document Type: Article

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