Differences in plankton community structure along the Godthåbsfjord, from the Greenland Ice Sheet to offshore waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 401, Issue , 2010, Pages 49-62

  Arendt, Kristine Engel ^a   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^b,d   Rysgaard, Søren ^a   Tönnesson, Kajsa ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Physical gradients; Plankton community structure; Primary and secondary production; Sub Arctic fjord; Vertical flux; West Greenland coast

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ICE SHEET; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; METRIDIA LONGA; PHAEOCYSTIS; PSEUDOCALANUS; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 77649283790     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08368     Document Type: Article

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