Deepening of the nutricline and chlorophyll maximum in the Canada Basin interior, 2003-2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  McLaughlin, Fiona A ^a   Carmack, Eddy C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CANADA BASIN; CHEMICAL DATA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FRESHWATER INPUTS; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRICLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; UPPER OCEAN; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

NITRATES;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CHLOROPHYLL; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; ICE RETREAT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPPER OCEAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 78650453146     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045459     Document Type: Article

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