Effect of Atlantic water inflow on timing of the phytoplankton spring bloom in a high Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 113-114, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-105

  Hegseth, Else Nøst ^a   Tverberg, Vigdis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advection of Atlantic water; Diatoms; Eddies; Phaeocystis; Phytoplankton bloom dynamics; Resting spores

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; DIATOMS; EDDIES; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; RESTING SPORES;

BIODIVERSITY; MOORING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ADVECTION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIATOM; EDDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FJORD; INFLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SPORE;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 84875259733     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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