Step-changes in the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Gulf of Maine, as documented by the GNATS Time Series

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 450, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-35

  Balch, W M ^a   Drapeau, D T ^a   Bowler, B C ^a   Huntington, T G ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gulf of Maine; Phytoplankton primary production

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SILICATE; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; PORTLAND [MAINE]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859241660     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09555     Document Type: Article

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