Respiration and bacterial carbon dynamics in the Amundsen Gulf, western Canadian Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nguyen, Dan ^a   Maranger, Roxane ^a   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH EFFICIENCIES; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CARBON DYNAMICS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; HIGH VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL C; PREDOMINANT CONTROL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION RATE; SPRING BLOOMS;

DYNAMICS;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLAR REGION; RESPIRATION;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862561044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007343     Document Type: Article

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