Input of organic carbon as determinant of nutrient fluxes, light climate and productivity in the Ob and Yenisey estuaries

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Hessen, Dag O ^a   Carroll, JoLynn ^b   Kjeldstad, Berit ^c   Korosov, Anton A ^d,e   Pettersson, Lasse H ^e   Pozdnyakov, Dmitry ^d,e   Sørensen, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NANSEN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^e NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic rivers; DOC; irradiation; Kara Sea; nutrients; production

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EOS; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FRESHWATER INPUT; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; IRON; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEAN COLOR; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SILICATE; THAWING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; OB ESTUARY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YAMALO-NENETS; YENISEI ESTUARY;

EID: 77953127195     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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