Nutrient dynamics in the western Canadian Arctic. II. Estimates of new and regenerated pro duction over the Mackenzie Shelf and Cape Bathurst Polynya

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 484, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-62

  Simpson, Kyle G ^a,c   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a,d   Brugel, Sonia ^b   Price, Neil M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N uptake; Amundsen Gulf; Arctic Ocean; Bacteria; New production; Nitrogen uptake 15N isotopes; Phytoplankton; Polynya; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879408148     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10298     Document Type: Article

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