Long-term trends of upwelling and impacts on primary productivity in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-121

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Schulze, Lena M ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Charette, Matthew A ^a   Arrigo, Kevin R ^c   van Dijken, Gert ^c   Danielson, Seth L ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term wind trends; Nitrate flux; Primary production; Upwelling trends

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM WIND TRENDS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NITRATE FLUXES; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; UPWELLING TRENDS;

BLOOMS (METAL); NITRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

STORMS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROWING SEASON; HALOCLINE; LATITUDE; NITRATE; OCEAN COLOR; OPEN WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SLOPE; STORM; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84879470277     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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