Climate variability and vertical advection of nitrates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 279, Issue , 2004, Pages 33-43

  Plourde, Jacques ^a   Therriault, Jean Claude ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Nitrates; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; MODELING; NITRATE; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CHRISTIA;

EID: 7044220650     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps279033     Document Type: Article

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