Evaluating primary and secondary production in an Arctic Ocean void of summer sea ice: An experimental simulation approach

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 117-131

  Slagstad, D ^a   Ellingsen, I H ^a   Wassmann, P ^a,b  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BARENTS SEA; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FRAM STRAIT; GRID SIZE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ICE COVER; KARA SEA; MESOZOOPLANKTON; NORTHERN BARENTS SEA; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REANALYSIS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 79956350012     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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