Gulf Stream position and winter NAO as drivers of long-term variations in the bloom phenology of the diatom Skeletonema costatum "species- complex" in Narragansett Bay, RI, USA

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1407-1425

  Borkman, David G ^a   Smayda, Theodore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DIATOM; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 70349964289     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp072     Document Type: Article

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