Impact of sea-ice biology on overall primary production in a biophysical model of the pan-Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Dupont, Frédéric ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALGAE; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC WARMING; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ICE ALGAE; ICE COVER; ICE-WATER INTERFACES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICRO-ALGAE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NUTRICLINE; OCEAN MODEL; PAN-ARCTIC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA-ICE COVER; SHORT TERM; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GROWTH RATE; ICE ALGA; ICE COVER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84865734262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006983     Document Type: Article

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