Nutritive and photosynthetic ecology of subsurface chlorophyll maxima in Canadian Arctic waters

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5353-5371

  Martin, J ^a   E Tremblay J ^a   Price, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION BALANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84871741676     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-5353-2012     Document Type: Article

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