The relationship between sea ice break-up, water mass variation, chlorophyll biomass, and sedimentation in the northern Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 65-70, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-162

  Cooper, L W ^a   Janout, M A ^b   Frey, K E ^c   Pirtle Levy, R ^d   Guarinello, M L ^a   Grebmeier, J M ^a   Lovvorn, J R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic zone; Bering Sea; Ice breakup; Ice cover; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ZONE; BENTHIC BIOMASS; BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS; BERING SEA; BRINE FORMATION; CHLOROPHYLL BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; ICE BREAK-UP; ICE COVER; LIGHT PENETRATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SEA FLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BIOMASS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EPIFAUNA; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861570884     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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