Mixing and biological production at eddy margins in the eastern Gulf of Alaska

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-389

  Peterson, T D ^a   Crawford, D W ^b   Harrison, P J ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gulf of Alaska; Mesoscale eddy; Northeast Pacific; Phytoplankton assemblage; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY PIGMENTS; ANTICYCLONIC MESOSCALE EDDIES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; GULF OF ALASKA; HAIDA EDDIES; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTHEAST PACIFIC; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA SPP; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS; ZEAXANTHIN;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ANTICYCLONE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 79952815840     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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