The influence of net community production and phytoplankton community structure on CO2 uptake in the Gulf of Alaska

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 664-676

  Palevsky, Hilary I ^a   Ribalet, Francois ^a   Swalwell, Jarred E ^a   Cosca, Catherine E ^b   Cokelet, Edward D ^b   Feely, Richard A ^b   Armbrust, E Virginia ^a   Quay, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological pump; carbon cycle; Gulf of Alaska; net community production; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON CYCLES; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; GULF OF ALASKA; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84881150395     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20058     Document Type: Article

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