Primary production and sinking export during fall in the Hudson Bay system, Canada

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-72

  Lapoussière, Amandine ^a,b   Michel, Christine ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Poulin, Michel ^c   Martin, Johannie ^d   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^d  

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

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fecal pellets; Hudson Bay; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FECAL PELLET; FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTIST; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA; FOXE BASIN; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; NUNAVUT;

PROTISTA;

EID: 84870323481     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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