Enhanced nitrate fluxes and biological processes at a frontal zone in the southern California current system

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 790-801

  Li, Qian P ^a,b   Franks, Peter J S ^a   Ohman, Mark D ^a   Landry, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A Front; biogeochemical modeling; diatom; frontal zone; grazing; nitrate fluxes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EDDY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEANIC FRONT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84864703570     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs006     Document Type: Article

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