Succession and fate of the spring diatom bloom in Disko Bay, western Greenland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-29

  Dünweber, Michael ^a,d   Swalethorp, Rasmus ^a,d   Kjellerup, Sanne ^a,d   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a,d   Arendt, Kristine Engel ^b   Hjorth, Morten ^a   Tönnesson, Kajsa ^c   Møller, Eva Friis ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Calanus spp.; Faecal pellets; Grazing; Greenland; Sedimentation; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FECAL PELLET; GRAZING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SUCCESSION;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 78650164108     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08813     Document Type: Article

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