The fate of riverine nutrients on Arctic shelves

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3661-3677

  Le Fouest, V ^a   Babin, M ^b   Tremblay, J E ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Départment de biologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879059975     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3661-2013     Document Type: Article

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