Contribution of under-ice primary production to an ice-edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Mundy, C J ^e   Gosselin, Michel ^e   Ehn, Jens ^d   Gratton, Yves ^f   Rossnagel, Andrea ^b   Barber, David G ^b   Martin, Johannie ^c   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^c   Palmer, Molly ^a   Arrigo, Kevin R ^a   Darnis, Gérald ^c   Fortier, Louis ^c   Else, Brent ^b   Papakyriakou, Tim ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Universit de Moncton   (Canada)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^f CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; BEAUFORT SEA; ICE COVER; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; POLAR REGIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ICE;

ALGAL BLOOM; DATA PROCESSING; HYDROGRAPH; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71949088304     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038837     Document Type: Article

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