Summertime trends in pelagic biogeochemistry at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain study site in the northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1313-1323

  Painter, Stuart C ^a   Lucas, Michael I ^b   Stinchcombe, Mark C ^a   Bibby, Thomas S ^a   Poulton, Alex J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nitrate uptake; Northeast Atlantic Ocean; PAP site; Pelagic biogeochemistry; Photophysiology

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; INTERVENING PERIOD; NITRATE UPTAKE; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PAP SITE; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAINS; SEASONAL PERIODS; STUDY SITES; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CILIATE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; INHIBITION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84866269270     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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