Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1833-1841

  Kane, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Plankton Recorder; Gulf of Maine; interannual trends; phytoplankton abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 80051983748     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr122     Document Type: Article

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