Interannual spring bloom variability and Ekman pumping in the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fiechter, Jerome ^a   Moore, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PUMPS; REMOTE SENSING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALEUTIAN LOW; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COASTAL OCEAN; DOMINANT MODE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EKMAN PUMPING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GULF OF ALASKA; IN-SITU; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NORTH PACIFIC; NUTRIENT UPWELLING; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SILICIC ACIDS; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE FORCING; TIME-SCALES; TROPHIC LEVEL; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND STRESS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EKMAN PUMPING; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69549133927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005140     Document Type: Article

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