Enhanced nutrient fluxes at the shelf sea seasonal thermocline caused by stratified flow over a bank

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-47

  Tweddle, Jacqueline F ^a   Sharples, Jonathan ^b,c   Palmer, Matthew R ^c   Davidson, Keith ^d   McNeill, Sharon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENT MIXING;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; STREAM FLOW;

NUTRIENTS;

BOTTOM WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEA; STRATIFIED FLOW; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84885375560     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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