Western Arctic primary productivity regulated by shelf-break warm eddies

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 703-718

  Watanabe, Eiji ^a   Kishi, Michio J ^a,b   Ishida, Akio ^a,c   Aita, Maki Noguchi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy dynamics; Lower trophic marine ecosystem model; Pacific origin water; Phytoplankton bloom; Shelf basin exchange

Indexed keywords

EDDY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SHELF BREAK; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF;

EID: 84866915906     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-012-0128-6     Document Type: Article

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