Environmental control of summer primary production in the hudson bay system: The role of stratification

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-400

  Ferland, Joannie ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Starr, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon export; Chlorophyll a biomass; Hudson Bay; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CARBON EXPORT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ULTRAPHYTOPLANKTON; UPPER WATER COLUMN; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE CONTROL;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLAGELLATE; FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 79960514292     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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