Is biological productivity enhanced at the New England shelfbreak front?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 517-535

  Zhang, Weifeng G ^a   McGillicuddy, Dennis J ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUILDINGS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OBSERVATORIES; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878897033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20068     Document Type: Article

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