Light and nutrient control of photosynthesis in natural phytoplankton populations from the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, Arctic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2185-2205

  Palmer, Molly A ^a   van Dijken, Gert L ^a   Greg Mitchell, B ^b   Seegers, Brian J ^b,c   Lowry, Kate E ^a   Mills, Matthew M ^a   Arrigo, Kevin R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HABITAT TYPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84887485127     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2185     Document Type: Article

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