Factors controlling the onset of spring blooms in the German Bight 2002-2005: Light, wind and stratification

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1140-1148

  Tian, Tian ^a,b   Su, Jian ^a,c   Flöser, Götz ^a   Wiltshire, Karen ^d   Wirtz, Kai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helgoland roads; Nearshore offshore gradient; Spring bloom; Tidal front; Turbidity; Wind

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COASTAL WATER; IRRADIANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); TIDAL CURRENT; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 79957554765     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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