Role of wind in regulating phytoplankton blooms on the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xu, Y ^a   Cahill, B ^a   Wilkin, J ^a   Schofield, O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light; Mid Atlantic Bight; Mixed layer depth; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION REGULATION; SHELF BREAK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND FORCING; WIND PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 84880731002     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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