Hydrographic and biological controls in two subarctic fjords: An environmental case study of how climate change could impact phytoplankton communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 480, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-37

  Quigg, Antonietta ^a,b   Nunnally, Clifton C ^b   McInnes, Allison S ^b   Gay, Shelton ^b   Rowe, Gilbert T ^a,b   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^a,b   Davis, Randall W ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Fjords; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Primary productivity; Resource limitation assays

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; FJORD; FOOD WEB; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING; WATER COLUMN;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84876859739     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10225     Document Type: Article

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