Phytoplankton distribution in unusually low sea ice cover over the Pacific Arctic

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4835-4850

  Coupel, P ^a   Jin, H Y ^b   Joo, M ^c   Horner, R ^d   Bouvet, H A ^a   Sicre, M A ^e   Gascard, J C ^a   Chen, J F ^b   Garcon, V ^f   Ruiz Pino, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870319899     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4835-2012     Document Type: Article

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