Physical controls and mesoscale variability in the Labrador Sea spring phytoplankton bloom observed by Seaglider

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2144-2161

  Frajka Williams, Eleanor ^a   Rhines, Peter B ^b   Eriksen, Charles C ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical interactions; Climate change; Eddies; Frontal blooms; Haline stratification; Irminger Rings; Labrador Sea; Phytoplankton bloom; Thin layers

Indexed keywords

BIO-OPTICAL; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; FRONTAL BLOOMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; PHYSICAL CONTROL; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SCALE DEPENDENCE; STRATIFIED WATERS; THIN LAYERS; WEST GREENLAND;

ALGAE CONTROL; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SUBMERSIBLES; THIN FILMS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELF BREAK FRONT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 71849113769     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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