Turbulent mixing in fine-scale phytoplankton layers: Observations and inferences of layer dynamics

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-455

  Steinbuck, Jonah V ^a   Genin, Amatzia ^b   Monismith, Stephen G ^a   Koseff, Jeffrey R ^a   Holzman, Roi ^c   Labiosa, Rochelle G ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine scale layers; Mixing; Phytoplankton; Thin layers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STATUS; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 77649192036     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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