Nutrients in an oligotrophic boundary current: Evidence of a new role for the Leeuwin Current

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-359

  Thompson, P A ^a,b   Wild Allen, K ^a,b   Lourey, M ^a,b   Rousseaux, C ^c   Waite, A M ^c   Feng, M ^a,b   Beckley, L E ^d  

^a Marine and Atmospheric Research   (Australia)

^b Wealth from Oceans   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP LAYER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; DOWN-WELLING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LEEUWIN CURRENT; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OCEAN BOUNDARIES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; THIN LAYERS; WARM CORE EDDY; WEST COAST; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATES;

NITRATES;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; COOL WATER; DISSOLVED MATTER; DOWNWELLING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MAGNITUDE; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 80053985703     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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