Consequences of change and variability in sea ice on marine ecosystem and biogeochemical processes during the 2007-2008 Canadian International Polar Year program

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-159

  Barber, David G ^a   Asplin, Matthew G ^a   Papakyriakou, Tim N ^a   Miller, Lisa ^b   Else, Brent G T ^a   Iacozza, John ^a   Mundy, C J ^a,c   Gosslin, M ^c   Asselin, Natalie C ^a,d,f   Ferguson, Steve ^a,d   Lukovich, Jennifer V ^a   Stern, Gary A ^a,d   Gaden, Ashley ^a   Pućko, Monika ^a   Geilfus, N X ^a,e   Wang, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC MARINE; ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON EXCHANGE; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ICE EDGE; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; LOCAL FOODS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMALS; MARINE SYSTEMS; OPEN WATER; POLAR BEARS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RINGED SEALS; SURFACE DEFORMATION; THERMODYNAMIC STATE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; INTERFACE STATES; MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84867679391     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0482-9     Document Type: Article

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