Processes responsible for the formation and maintenance of sub-surface chlorophyll maxima in the Gulf of Finland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-349

  Lips, Urmas ^a   Lips, Inga ^a   Liblik, Taavi ^a   Kuvaldina, Natalja ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Gulf of Finland; meso scale processes; nutrients; seasonal thermocline; sub surface chlorophyll maxima

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONVERGENCE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOWNWELLING; MAPPING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA;

EID: 77953136073     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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